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Acraea cinerea

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Acraea cinerea
Acraea cinerea alberta, figure 1
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A. cinerea
Binomial name
Acraea cinerea
Neave, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) cinerea
  • Acraea cinerea alberta Eltringham, 1911

Acraea cinerea, the grey acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

Subspecies

  • Acraea cinerea cinerea (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to northern Kivu, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)
  • Acraea cinerea luluae Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba)

References

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