Acraea pudorina

Acraea pudorina, the Kenyan fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and southern Kenya and Tanzania.[3]

Acraea pudorina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. pudorina
Binomial name
Acraea pudorina
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) pudorina
  • Acraea acrita var. emboensis Gaede, 1915
  • Acraea acrita pudorina f. rubida Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea acrita pudorina f. mancamorpha Le Doux, 1932

Description

Very similar to Acraea acrita qv.

Taxonomy

Acraea pudorina 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 [4]
  • Acraea (Rubraea) Henning & Williams, 2010 [5]
  • Acraea (Acraea) (supraspecies acrita) [6]
  • Acraea (Acraea) Groupe egina Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [7]

References
  1. Staudinger, O. in Staudinger, O., & Schatz, E. 1884-1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1: vi + 1-333. Bayern.
  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 2012-06-01.
  4. Henning,G. A., 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. Henning, G.A. & Williams,M.C. 2010 Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical taxa of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Metamorphosis 21 (1) : 2-38
  6. Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers
  7. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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