Acraea alicia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. alicia
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Binomial name | |
Acraea alicia | |
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Acraea alicia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[3]
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A. alicia E. Sharpe (56 b). Markings of the upper surface yellow-red, only at the inner margin of the hindwing sulphur-yellow; the hindmarginal spot of the fore wing completely covers the base of cellule 2 and is continued on both sides of the median nearly to the base, covering the posterior half of the cell and the anterior part of cellule 1 b; hindwing above triangularly black at the base, in the female with light marginal spots. Hindwing beneath with light yellow ground-colour, at the base with black dots but without red spots or streaks; its marginal band deep black without light stripes and with no spots except the white marginal ones. Cameroons; Ruwenzori; Uganda; British East Africa; Kilimandjaro. - female ab. tenelloides Poult Subapical band of the forewing yellow; median band of the hind wing very broad and light yellow, the base but little black; marginal band on the underside of the hindwing light grey-yellow. British East Africa: Kikuyu. -female ab. cabiroides Poult. Above similar to the male but with marginal spots on the hindwing; hindwing beneath with broader marginal band in which the marginal spots are bounded by distinct black, proximally elongated lines. British East Africa: Kikuyu.[4]
The habitat consists of montane forests and farmland.
Acraea alicia is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea.
Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud