Acraea orinata

Acraea orinata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia and north-western Tanzania.[2]

Acraea orinata
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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. orinata
Binomial name
Acraea orinata
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) orinata
  • Acraea orina orineta Eltringham, 1912

Description

Very close to Acraea orina q.v.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [3]

References

  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  3. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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