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Acraea calida

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Species of butterfly

Acraea calida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. calida
Binomial name
Acraea calida
Butler, 1878
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) calida

Acraea calida is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. The habitat consists of forest margins, grassland and anthropogenic environments.

Description

Very similar to Acraea zitja qv. for diagnosis

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014


References

  1. Butler, A.G. 1878 On a collection of lepidoptera recently received from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 2: 283-297.
  2. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

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Taxon identifiers
Acraea calida


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