Acraea althoffi

Acraea althoffi
Acraea althoffi figure 5
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. althoffi
Binomial name
Acraea althoffi Dewitz, 1889[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) althoffi Acraea althoffi f. bitjana Bethune-Baker, 1926 Acraea althoffi f. telloides Eltringham, 1912 Acraea althoffi f. ochreata Eltringham, 1912 Acraea althoffi f. drucei Eltringham, 1912 Acraea althoffi f. lycioides Carpenter, 1931 Acraea althoffi f. budongoensis Carpenter, 1935 Acraea althoffi f. albicans Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. albireducta Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. ochrafasciata Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. ochrareducta Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. ochramaculata Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi f. heliconioides Stoneham, 1936 Acraea althoffi var. rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895

Acraea althoffi, Althoff's Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Acraea althoffi althoffi (Democratic Republic of Congo: south and central to Sankuru and Lualaba)
• Acraea althoffi bitjana Bethune-Baker, 1926 (Cameroon, Gabon)
• Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Acraea althoffi rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895 (Central African Republic, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)

References

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External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 d
• Images representing Acraea althoffi at Bold