Acraea chaeribula

Acraea chaeribula is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Lomani, Lualaba, Haut-Shaba).[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Acraea chaeribula
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. chaeribula
Binomial name
Acraea chaeribula
Synonyms
  • Acraea cepheus chaeribula Pierre, 1979

Taxonomy

Acraea chaeribula 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". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.


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