Acraea pseudatolmis
Appearance
Acraea pseudatolmis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. pseudatolmis
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Binomial name | |
Acraea pseudatolmis | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea pseudatolmis, the false scarlet acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is mostly found in eastern Zimbabwe.[3]
Description
[edit]Very similar to Acraea nohara qv. for differences.
Biology
[edit]The habitat consists of montane grassland.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Basananthe sandersonii and Tricliceras longipedunculatum.
Taxonomy
[edit]The species group is undetermined - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References
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- ^ Eltringham, H. 1912. A monograph of the African species of the genus Acraea Fab., with a supplement on those of the Oriental Region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912: 1-374.
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf