Acraea zonata

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Acraea zonata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. zonata
Binomial name
Acraea zonata
Hewitson, 1877 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) zonata
  • Acraea makupaGrose-Smith, 1889

Acraea zonata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya. [3]

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Description

A. zonata Hew. (53 a). Wings brown-yellow with black veins and triangular black spots at the extremities of the veins; forewing with black costal margin, a large black spot in the celi, a discal and a submarginal curved transverse band, which are united at the hindmargin near the hinder angle; these transverse bands are continued on the hindwing by a single band which runs somewhat behind the middle. A rare species, hitherto only met with in German and British East Africa. [4]

Taxonomy

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


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References

  1. Hewitson, W.C. 1877 Notes on a collection of butterflies from Zanzibar with descriptions of two new species of Acraea. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 14: 153-155.
  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 2012-05-31.
  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