Acraea humilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. humilis
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Acraea humilis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[3]
Description
[edit]Both wings transparent without red or yellow scales and above almost alike; the hindwing beneath at the base with some small black dots, which are not visible above; the discal dots are wanting. [4]
Biology
[edit]The habitat consists of forests.
Taxonomy
[edit]See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
References
[edit]- ^ Sharpe, E.M. 1897. Descriptions of some new species of Acraeidae collected by Mr. F.J. Jackson at Ntebi [Entebbe], Uganda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 19: 581-582.
- ^ Acraea 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.
- ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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