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Acara acraea
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. acara
Binomial name
Acraea acara
Hewitson, [1865] [1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea zetes tescea Suffert, 1904
  • Acraea zetes mhondana Suffert, 1904
  • Acraea caffra Felder & Felder, 1865
  • Acraea zetes ukerewensis Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea zetes sufferti Le Cerf, 1927
  • Acraea zetes acara f. barberina van Son, 1963
  • Acraea zetes sufferti f. melanophanes Le Cerf, 1927

Acraea acara, commonly known as the acara acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae which is native to East and southern Africa.

Description

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See Acraea zetes for diagnosis The wingspan is 55–66 mm for males and 60–72 mm for females.

Range and habitat

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It is found in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Katanga in the southern DRC, Malawi, Tanzania, and eastern Kenya. In South Africa its range has expanded southwards since 2014, becoming more widespread in the Eastern Cape.[2] The habitat consists of forests and woodland.[3][4]

Subspecies

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There are two subspecies:

  • Acraea acara acara – eastern Kenya, Tanzania, DRC: Shaba, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape
  • Acraea acara melanophanes Le Cerf, 1927 – northern Namibia

Taxonomy

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It is a member of the Acraea zetes species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References

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  1. ↑ Hewitson, W.C. 1862-1866. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 3: iv, [1-124]. London.
  2. ↑ Rautenbach, Fanie (23 April 2018). "Lepimap: 646300". ADU Virtual Museum. Animal Demography Unit. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  4. ↑ Underhill, Les. "#citizenscience". Facebook. Animal Demography Unit. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
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