Acraea chaeribula
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Acraea chaeribula | |
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Acraea chaeribula figure 16 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. chaeribula |
Binomial name | |
Acraea chaeribula Oberthür, 1893[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea chaeribula is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Haut-Lomani, Lualaba, Haut-Shaba).[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
Taxonomy
Acraea chaeribula is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The other clade members are:
- Acraea chaeribula
- Acraea acrita
- Acraea eltringhamiana
- Acraea guluensis
- Acraea lualabae
- Acraea manca
- Acraea pudorina
- Acraea utengulensis
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea chaeribula |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
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