Acraea anacreontica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. anacreontica
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Description
editVery similar to Acraea anacreon qv.
Subspecies
edit- Acraea anacreontica anacreontica (western Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Acraea anacreontica chyulu van Someren, 1939 (Kenya: south-east to the Chyulu Hills)
Taxonomy
editIt is a member of the Acraea rahira species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References
edit- ^ Grose-Smith, H. 1898a. Descriptions of new species of African butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 5: 350-358.
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
External links
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