Acraea chilo

Acraea chilo
Figures 3 and 4 as Acraea crystallina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. chilo
Binomial name
Acraea chilo
Godman, 1880[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) chilo
  • Acraea crystallina Grose-Smith, 1890
  • Acraea rosina Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Telchinia rosina
  • Acraea hoehneli Holland, 1896
  • Acraea wissmanni Weymer, 1903

Acraea chilo is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2]

Subspecies

  • Acraea chilo chilo (Sudan, southern Ethiopia, eastern and central Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania, Somalia)
  • Acraea chilo yemensis Le Doux, 1931 (south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

References


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