Acraea sykesi

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Acraea sykesi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. sykesi
Binomial name
Acraea sykesi
Sharpe, 1902 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) sykesi
  • Acraea skyesi
  • Acraea doubledayi f. candidaEltringham, 1912

Acraea sykesi, the Sykes' acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-eastern Sudan, northern Uganda, north-western Kenya and possibly north-western Tanzania. [3]

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Description

Very similar to Acraea doubledayi qv.

Biology

The habitat consists of dry riverbeds and savanna.

The larvae feed on Adenia species, including A. venenata .

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea caecilia species group.See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Sharpe, E. M. B. 1902 On the butterflies collected in equatorial Africa by captain Clement Sykes Entomologist 35 : 276-280, : 308-311
  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 2012-06-01.
  4. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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