Acraea ungemachi

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Acraea ungemachi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. ungemachi
Binomial name
Acraea ungemachi
Le Cerf, 1927 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) ungemachi
  • Acraea ungemachi f. nudaUngemach, 1932

Acraea ungemachi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the highlands of Ethiopia. [3] [4] The species is named after Henri Ungemach.

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Taxonomy

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

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References

  1. ↑ Le Cerf, F. 1927 Lepidopteres nouveaux du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris et notes diverses. Encyclopedie Entomologique (B. 3. Lepidoptera) 2: 44-58.
  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. ↑ De Beenhouwer, Matthias; Oosterlynck, Bernard; Van Opstal, Mattias; Adugna Shaweno; Million Belay; Erens, Jesse (2016). "Express Biodiversity Survey in Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia". doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.12677.96486.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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