Acraea andromacha, the glasswing or small greasy, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and surrounding islands.
Glasswing | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. andromacha
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Binomial name | |
Acraea andromacha | |
Synonyms | |
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Larva
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Imago
Subspecies
edit- Acraea andromacha andromacha (Timor Sea, Northern Australia to New South Wales)
- Acraea andromacha sanderi Rothschild, 1893 (Papua New Guinea)
- Acraea andromacha oenome Kirby, 1889 (Islands of South-Eastern coast of Papua)
References
edit- ^ Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae [xxxii], 1-832. Flensburgi & Lipsiae.
External links
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