Acraea bellona

Acraea bellona is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola.[3]

Acraea bellona
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. bellona
Binomial name
Acraea bellona
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) bellona
  • Acraea acrita bellona Weymer, 1908

Description

Close to Acraea acrita qv.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea acrita species group.

  • Acraea (group acrita) Henning, 1993, Metamorphosis 4 (1): 12 [4]
  • Acraea (Acraea) (supraspecies acrita) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013, Butterflies of the World 39: 2, pl. 4, f. 11-12 [5]
  • Acraea (Rubraea) Henning & Williams, 2010, Metamorphosis 21 (1): 10 [6]

References

  1. Weymer, G. 1908. Einige neue Lepidopteren des Deutschen Entom. National-Museums.Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 1908: 728-735.
  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. Henning, 1993 Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Metamorphosis 4 (1): 5-18, (2): 53-68
  5. Pierre & Bernaud, 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28
  6. Henning & Williams, 2010 in Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007)


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