Acraea buettneri

Acraea buettneri, the Buettner's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia (the north-western part of the country and the Copperbelt).[2] The habitat consists of woodland.

Acraea buettneri
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. buettneri
Binomial name
Acraea buettneri
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) buettneri
  • Acraea felina Trimen, 1891
  • Acraea buettneri parapetraea Schouteden, 1919
  • Acraea buettneri f. contracta Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea buettneri f. nigroapicalis Overlaet, 1955

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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