Acraea actinotina

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

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

References

^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini

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[funet-1] "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini

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