Acraea chaeribula

Acraea chaeribula is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Lomani, Lualaba, Haut-Shaba).[3]

Acraea chaeribula
Figure 16
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. chaeribula
Binomial name
Acraea chaeribula
Synonyms
  • Acraea cepheus chaeribula Pierre, 1979

Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

A. chaeribula Oberth. (55 b) is very similar to certain forms of the next species [ Acraea acrita ] , only differing in the very large and deep black apical spot on the upperside of the forewing. Discal dots 3 to 6 of the forewing are absent and the marginal band of the hindwing is light-spotted. The ground-colour is in the male orange- yellow, in the female sometimes dull dark brown, only yellowish behind the cell of the forewing. Rhodesia, southern Congo, Nyassaland and German East Africa.[4]

The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.( Miombo )

Taxonomy

Acraea chaeribula is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The other clade members are:

Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud

  • Acraea (group acrita) Henning, 1993 [5]
  • Acraea (Rubraea) Henning & Williams, 2010 [6]
  • Acraea (Acraea) (subgroup acrita) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013 [7]
  • Acraea (Acraea) Groupe egina Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [8]

References
  1. Oberthür, C. 1893. Lepidopteres d’Afrique. Etudes d’Entomologie 17: 17-36.
  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.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. 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
  6. Henning & Williams, 2010 Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical taxa of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Metamorphosis 21 (1) : 2-38
  7. Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers
  8. Pierre. J. & Bernau.D. 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea chaeribula.
Wikispecies has information related to Acraea chaeribula.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.