Acraea punctellata

Acraea punctellata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi and southern Tanzania.[3]

Acraea punctellata
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. punctellata
Binomial name
Acraea punctellata
Synonyms
  • Acraea nohara punctellata Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea (Acraea) punctellata
  • Acraea nohara f. noharoides Le Doux, 1923

Description

Very similar to Acraea nohara qv.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group.See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

References
  1. Eltringham, H. 1912. A monograph of the African species of the genus Acraea Fab., with a supplement on those of the Oriental Region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912: 1-374.
  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. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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