Acraea strattipocles

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Acraea strattipocles
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Female from Lake Alaotra in
Antsianaka district of Madagascar
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. strattipocles
Binomial name
Acraea strattipocles
Oberthür, 1893 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) strattipocles
  • Acraea strattipocles var. albescens Oberthür, 1916
  • Acraea strattipocles var. cervina Oberthür, 1916

Acraea strattipocles is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. [3]

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Description

A. strattipocles Oberth. (56 f) is very similar to Acraea igola , but has the discal dots of the hindwing much larger and completely developed and its inner margin whitish. Madagascar. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Oberthür, C. 1893. Lepidopteres d’Afrique. Etudes d’Entomologie 17: 17-36.
  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. ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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