Acraea utengulensis
| Acraea utengulensis | |
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| Acraea acrita utengulensis figure 9 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. utengulensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea utengulensis Thurau, 1903[1] | |
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Acraea utengulensis, the Tanzanian fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northern and central Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
Taxonomy
Acraea utengulensis is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The clade members are:
- Acraea utengulensis
- Acraea acrita
- Acraea chaeribula
- Acraea eltringhamiana
- Acraea guluensis
- Acraea lualabae
- Acraea manca
- Acraea pudorina
Treated as a forma of Acraea pudorina by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in Seitz Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde in English The Macrolepidoptera of the World (1907)
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
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