Acraea althoffi

Acraea althoffi

Acraea althoffi figure 5
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. althoffi
Binomial name
*Acraea althoffi* Dewitz, 1889^[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) althoffi Acraea althoffi f. bitjana Bethune-Baker, 1926 Acraea althoffi f. telloides Eltringham, 1912 Acraea althoffi f. ochreata Eltringham, 1912 Acraea althoffi f. drucei Eltringham, 1912 Acraea althoffi f. lycioides Carpenter, 1931 Acraea althoffi f. budongoensis Carpenter, 1935 Acraea althoffi f. albicans Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. albireducta Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. ochrafasciata Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. ochrareducta Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. ochramaculata Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. heliconioides Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi var. rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895

Acraea althoffi, Althoff's Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Acraea althoffi althoffi (Democratic Republic of Congo: south and central to Sankuru and Lualaba)
Acraea althoffi bitjana Bethune-Baker, 1926 (Cameroon, Gabon)
Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Acraea althoffi rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895 (Central African Republic, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea althoffi.

Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea althoffi

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.