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Acraea hamata

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Species of butterfly

Acraea hamata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. hamata
Binomial name
Acraea hamata
Joicey & Talbot, 1922
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) hamata

Acraea hamata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the eastern part of the country to Kivu), Uganda (from the south-western art of the country to Kigezi), Rwanda and Tanzania.

Taxonomy

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

References

  1. Joicey, J.J., & Talbot, G. 1922b. New forms of butterflies from Africa. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, Witley 1: 339-342.
  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 2012-05-31.
  4. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

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Taxon identifiers
Acraea hamata


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