Acraea medea

Acraea medea
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. medea
Binomial name
Acraea medea
(Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio medea Cramer, 1775 (nec Fabricius)
  • Acraea (Acraea) medea
  • Papilio pasiphae Fabricius, 1781
  • Telchinia saronis Hübner, 1819

Acraea medea is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of Príncipe,[2] The last form of the scientific name is named after the Greek myth of Medea.

See also

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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