Acraea vuilloti

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

Acraea vuilloti is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, from the eastern part of the country to Usambara, Uluguru, Usagara and Bagamayo.[2]

Description

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A. vuilloti Mab. (56 d). Very close to Acraea pharsalus. The ground-colour of the forewing is often completely broken up into spots and the hindwing has a large white spot at the inner margin in cellules 1 b to 2 (to 3). Hindwing also beneath with dark marginal band. Marginal streaks thick, but not triangular. German East Africa.[3]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea pharsalus species group.

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. ^ 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.
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