Acraea toruna

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Acraea toruna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. toruna
Binomial name
Acraea toruna
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) toruna
  • Acraea johnstoni toruna
  • Acraea lycoa ab. butleriAurivillius, 1899
  • Acraea johnstoni butleriEltringham, 1912

Acraea toruna is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri and Kivu). [3]

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Description

Very close to Acraea johnstoni q.v. for differences.

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

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References

  1. Grose-Smith, H. 1890. A list of the butterflies collected by Mr. William Bonny on the journey with Mr. Stanley from Yambuya on the Aruwimi River through the great forest of central Africa; with descriptions of nine new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 463-473.
  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