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Acraea andromacha

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(Redirected from Small greasy) Species of butterfly

Glasswing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. andromacha
Binomial name
Acraea andromacha
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio andromacha
  • Acraea entoria
  • Acraea theodote
  • Acraea andromache

Acraea andromacha, the glasswing or small greasy, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and surrounding islands.


  • Larva Larva
  • Imago Imago

Subspecies

  • Acraea andromacha andromacha (Timor Sea, Northern Australia to New South Wales)
  • Acraea andromacha sanderi Rothschild, 1893 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Acraea andromacha oenome Kirby, 1889 (Islands of South-Eastern coast of Papua)

References

  1. Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae , 1-832. Flensburgi & Lipsiae.

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Taxon identifiers
Acraea andromacha


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