Acraea speciosa

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Acraea speciosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. speciosa
Binomial name
Acraea speciosa
Wichgraf, 1909 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea anacreon speciosaWichgraf, 1909
  • Acraea (Actinote) speciosa

Acraea speciosa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola and Zambia. [3]

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Description

Very close to Acraea anacreon q.v for diagnosis

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group.- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Wichgraf, F. 1909. Beschreibung neuer Formen der Gattung Acraea F. aus Rhodesia, Mashunaland und Angola. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 53: 240-247.
  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 2012-06-05.
  4. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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