Acraea simulator

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Acraea simulator
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. simulator
Binomial name
Acraea simulator
Ackery, 1995 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) simulator
  • Planema simulataLe Doux, 1932

Acraea simulator is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon. [3] For taxonomy see Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]


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References

  1. Ackery in Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I., et al. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803
  2. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  4. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf