Acraea kinduana is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu and Maniema).[3]

Acraea kinduana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. kinduana
Binomial name
Acraea kinduana
Pierre, 1979 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) kinduana
  • Acraea admatha ab. kinduana Schouteden, 1919

Taxonomy

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It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

References

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  1. ^ Pierre, J. 1979 Le complexe ultraspecifique d’Acraea admatha Hewitson, reconnaissance de 6 especes-jumelles, description de nouveaux taxons (Lepidoptera, Acraeidae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (N.S.) 15 (4): 719-737.
  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 2012-05-31.
  4. ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf