Acraea pudorina

Acraea pudorina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. pudorina
Binomial name
Acraea pudorina Staudinger, 1885[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Acraea) pudorina Acraea acrita var. emboensis Gaede, 1915 Acraea acrita pudorina f. rubida Le Doux, 1923 Acraea acrita pudorina f. mancamorpha Le Doux, 1932

Acraea pudorina, the Kenyan Fiery Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in central and southern Kenya and Tanzania.^[2]

Taxonomy

Acraea pudorina is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The other clade members are:

• Acraea acrita
• Acraea chaeribula
• Acraea eltringhamiana
• Acraea guluensis
• Acraea lualabae
• Acraea manca
• Acraea utengulensis

References

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External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55 b