Acraea periphanes
| Acraea periphanes |
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| Acraea periphanes figure 23 |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Nymphalidae |
| Genus: |
Acraea |
| Species: |
A. periphanes |
| Binomial name |
Acraea periphanes
Oberthür, 1893[1] |
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| Synonyms |
- Acraea (Acraea) periphanes
- Acraea beni Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Acraea onerata f. umida Wichgraf, 1909
- Acraea periphanes f. melaina Eltringham, 1911
- Acraea periphanes f. acritoides Eltringham, 1911
- Acraea periphanes f. marginata Eltringham, 1911
- Acraea periphanes interposita Wichgraf, 1918
- Acraea periphanes f. seitzi Le Doux, 1922
- Acraea periphanes f. bihensis Le Doux, 1923
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Acraea periphanes is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northern Zambia, Malawi, southern and western Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Haut-Lomani, Lualaba, Haut-Shaba) and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of marshy grassland.
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