Acraea althoffi

Acraea althoffi
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. althoffi
Binomial name
Acraea althoffi
Dewitz, 1889[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) althoffi
  • Acraea althoffi f. bitjana Bethune-Baker, 1926
  • Acraea althoffi f. telloides Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea althoffi f. ochreata Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea althoffi f. drucei Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea althoffi f. lycioides Carpenter, 1931
  • Acraea althoffi f. budongoensis Carpenter, 1935
  • Acraea althoffi f. albicans Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea althoffi f. albireducta Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea althoffi f. ochrafasciata Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea althoffi f. ochrareducta Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea althoffi f. ochramaculata Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea althoffi f. heliconioides Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea althoffi var. rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895

Acraea althoffi, the Althoff's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Acraea althoffi althoffi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south and central to Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Acraea althoffi bitjana Bethune-Baker, 1926 (Cameroon, Gabon)
  • Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Acraea althoffi rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895 (Central African Republic, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley)

References

  1. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini


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