Acraea masamba

Acraea masamba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. masamba
Binomial name
	Acraea masamba; Ward, 1872
Synonyms
	Acraea (Actinote) masamba; Acraea ruepelli Saalmuller, 1878; Acraea boseae Saalmuller, 1880; Acraea masamba r. vulgaris Oberthür, 1916; Acraea masamba f. torquata Le Cerf, 1927;

Acraea masamba is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.^[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Description

A. masamba Ward (56 g) closely approximates to the two preceding species [ Acraea igola, Acraea strattipocles ], but the red-yellow scaling of the forewing is less extended, leaving the apex of the cell free and covering at most the base of cellule 2; it is much paler in the female than in the male. The hindwing as in strattipocles with large discal dots; the distal black dot in the cell is placed more basally before the origin of vein 2; in the female the ground-colour of the hindwing is often whitish. Madagascar, f. silia Mab. (56 g) [now species Acraea silia] only differs in having the reddish colour of the upper surface more yellowish and behind the discal spots of the hind wing more or less whitish; the sexes almost alike. Madagascar, f. boseae Saalm. (56 g) is smaller, with the ground-colour of the upper surface light yellow. Madagascar.^[4]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group. But see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.^[5]

References

^ Ward, C. 1872 Descriptions of new species of diurnal lepidoptera from Madagascar. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 9: 2-3.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf