Tanzanian fiery acraea | |
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Acraea acrita utengulensis figure 9 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. utengulensis
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Binomial name | |
Acraea utengulensis | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea utengulensis, the Tanzanian fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern and central Tanzania and Zambia.[3]
Acraea utengulensis is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The clade members are:
Treated as a form of Acraea pudorina by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in Adalbert Seitz's Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (in English: The Macrolepidoptera of the World) (1907). See the Acraea acrita species complex.
Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud