Acraea amicitiae

Acraea amicitiae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. amicitiae
Binomial name
	Acraea amicitiae; Heron, 1909
Synonyms
	Acraea (Actinote) amicitiae; Acraea polychroma Rebel, 1911; Acrea amicitiae polychroma f. flavina Jackson, 1956; Acraea amicitiae f. lutea Berger, 1981; Acraea amicitiae f. alba Berger, 1981; Acraea amicitiae f. intermedia Berger, 1981;

Acraea amicitiae is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm (Zaire and Uganda).

Description

A. amicitiae Heron (= polychroma Rebel ) (59 f). Forewing above black in the basal half with 5 large, angular brown-red spots, two in 1 b, two in the cell and one in the middle of cellule 2, and in the apical half with three small diaphanous spots in 4 to 6. Hindwing above brown-red, in the basal part of cellules 1 a to 2 as far as vein 3 black and with free black discal dots in (4) 5 to 7; before the distal margin with a thick black submarginal line, which is connected with the distal margin by the black veins; on the under surface the basal part as far as the discal dots and the marginal band are dull grey-brown and the interspace forms an anteriorly widened light grey-yellow median band; basal and discal dots all free. Ruwenzori and in the mountainous country at the north-west end of Lake Tanganyika. ^[3]

Biology

The habitat consists of montane forests.^[4] Adult males mud puddle.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea jodutta species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[5]

References

^ Heron, F.A. 1909. Zoological results of the Ruwenzori Expedition 1905-1906. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports 12. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 19: 141-178.
^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf