Acraea althoffi

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.

Acraea althoffi
Acraea althoffi bitjana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. althoffi
Binomial name
Acraea althoffi
Dewitz, 1889[1]

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". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-04.


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