Acraea pudorina

Acraea pudorina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. pudorina
Binomial name
Acraea pudorina
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) pudorina
  • Acraea acrita var. emboensis Gaede, 1915
  • Acraea acrita pudorina f. rubida Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea acrita pudorina f. mancamorpha Le Doux, 1932

Acraea pudorina, the Kenyan fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and southern Kenya and Tanzania.[2]

Taxonomy

Acraea pudorina is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The other clade members are:

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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