Acraea braesia

Acraea braesia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, north-eastern Uganda, eastern and northern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dry thornbush country.

Acraea braesia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. braesia
Binomial name
Acraea braesia
Godman, 1885[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) braesia
  • Acraea leucosoma Staudinger, 1885
  • Acraea regalis Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea mystica Neave, 1904
  • Acraea nohara ochracea Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea bresia f. lucida Talbot, 1932
  • Acraea braesia f. leucofasciata Stoneham, 1943

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 2012-06-01.


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