Acraea zonata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. zonata
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Binomial name | |
Acraea zonata | |
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Acraea zonata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.[3]
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms. |
A. zonata Hew. (53 a). Wings brown-yellow with black veins and triangular black spots at the extremities of the veins; forewing with black costal margin, a large black spot in the celi, a discal and a submarginal curved transverse band, which are united at the hindmargin near the hinder angle; these transverse bands are continued on the hindwing by a single band which runs somewhat behind the middle. A rare species, hitherto only met with in German and British East Africa. [4]
It is a member of the Acraea satis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]