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Acraea actinotina

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Acraea actinotina
Acraea actinotina figure 2
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Acraea
Species:
A. actinotina
Binomial name
Acraea actinotina
(Lathy, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Telipna actinotina Lathy, 1903
  • Acraea (Actinote) actinotina

Acraea actinotina, the Puzzling Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in central and eastern Nigeria.[2] The describer Lathy mistakenly placed this species in Telipna Lycaenidae- the wrong family. Hence the English name Puzzling Acraea.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Acraea actinotina.
  1. ^ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
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