Acraea newtoni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. newtoni
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Binomial name | |
Acraea newtoni | |
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Acraea newtoni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on São Tomé Island.[3]
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms. |
A. newtoni E. Sharpe. Forewing blackish with a rounded whitish spot in 2 and a whitish subapical band in 4-6; hindwing blackish above, just beyond the apex of the cell with a red-yellow median band, of a uniform breadth of 3 mm., which does not quite reach the inner margin, beneath greenish light grey with black dots as far as the apex of the cell, otherwise as above. Island of Sao Thome; only one male known. [4]
It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]