Acraea igati | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. igati
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Binomial name | |
Acraea igati | |
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Acraea igati is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros.[3]
Very similar to Acraea dammii but the hindwing in cellule 7 with a large black spot directly before the spot in 6, but without other spots in 7. Basal area of the wings in the ochre-yellow to brown-yellow, in the female whitish. [4]
The habitat consists of forests.
It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]