Acraea anacreontica

Acraea anacreontica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]

Acraea anacreontica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. anacreontica
Binomial name
Acraea anacreontica
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) anacreontica
  • Acraea anacreon anacreonita

Description

Very similar to Acraea anacreon qv.

Subspecies
  • Acraea anacreontica anacreontica (western Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Acraea anacreontica chyulu van Someren, 1939 (Kenya: south-east to the Chyulu Hills)

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

References
  1. Grose-Smith, H. 1898a. Descriptions of new species of African butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 5: 350-358.
  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
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