Acraea utengulensis

Acraea utengulensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. utengulensis
Binomial name
Acraea utengulensis Thurau, 1903[1]
Synonyms
Acraea acrita var. utengulensis Thurau, 1903 Acraea (Acraea) utengulensis Acraea (acrita) manca f. taborensis Le Doux, 1931

Acraea utengulensis, Tanzanian Fiery Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northern and central Tanzania and Zambia.^[2]

Taxonomy

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

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

Treated as a forma of Acraea pudorina by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in Seitz Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde in English The Macrolepidoptera of the World (1907)

References

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External links

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