Acraea kaduna

Acraea kaduna, the Kaduna acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria.[3] The habitat consists of flood plains and swamps around Kaduna and Zaria.

Acraea kaduna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. kaduna
Binomial name
Acraea kaduna
Pierre, 1993 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) kaduna

Taxonomy

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

References
Wikispecies has information related to Acraea kaduna.
  1. Pierre, J. 1993. Acraea kaduna nouvelle espece du groupe anacreon, au Nigeria (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 98 (3): 287-290.
  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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