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Acraea pseudatolmis

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Species of butterfly

Acraea pseudatolmis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. pseudatolmis
Binomial name
Acraea pseudatolmis
Eltringham, 1912
Synonyms
  • Acraea nohara pseudatolmis Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea (Acraea) pseudatolmis

Acraea pseudatolmis, the false scarlet acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is mostly found in eastern Zimbabwe.

Description

Very similar to Acraea nohara qv. for differences.

Biology

The habitat consists of montane grassland.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Basananthe sandersonii and Tricliceras longipedunculatum.

Taxonomy

The species group is undetermined - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014


References

  1. 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.
  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 2012-06-01.
  4. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
Taxon identifiers
Acraea pseudatolmis


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