Acraea issoria
| Yellow coster | |
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| Imago | |
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| Caterpillar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. issoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea issoria (Hübner, 1819) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pareba vesta | |
Acraea issoria, the yellow coster, is a small, leathery-winged butterfly. This species of the subgenus (Actinote) and the tawny coster (Acraea (acraea) terpsicore) with its sister species (A. (a.) moluccana) and (A. (a.) meyeri) of the nominotypical subgenus, are the only Asiatic representatives of the predominantly African subfamily Acraeinae.
According to George Talbot (Fauna of British India) the race anomala is found in the western Himalayas while the nominate form is from the eastern Himalayas.
Larva in Jayanti, Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India
See also
References
- Bingham, C.T. (1905). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma Butterflies. 1 (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
External links
- "Acraea issoria". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Acraea issoria at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Images representing Acraea issoria at Bold.
- Acraea issoria formosana at Pteron
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