Acraea toruna
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. toruna
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Binomial name | |
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Acraea toruna is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri and Kivu).[3]
Description
[edit]Very close to Acraea johnstoni q.v. for differences.
Taxonomy
[edit]See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Grose-Smith, H. 1890. A list of the butterflies collected by Mr. William Bonny on the journey with Mr. Stanley from Yambuya on the Aruwimi River through the great forest of central Africa; with descriptions of nine new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 463-473.
- ^ "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 2012-06-05.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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