Acraea calida
Appearance
Acraea calida | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. calida
|
Binomial name | |
Acraea calida | |
Synonyms | |
|
Acraea calida is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[3] The habitat consists of forest margins, grassland and anthropogenic environments.
Description
[edit]Very similar to Acraea zitja qv. for diagnosis
Taxonomy
[edit]It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Butler, A.G. 1878 On a collection of lepidoptera recently received from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 2: 283-297.
- ^ "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
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea calida.
Wikispecies has information related to Acraea calida.