Acraea cinerea

Acraea cinerea, the grey acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

Acraea cinerea
Acraea cinerea alberta, figure 1
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. cinerea
Binomial name
Acraea cinerea
Neave, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) cinerea
  • Acraea cinerea alberta Eltringham, 1911

Subspecies

  • Acraea cinerea cinerea (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to northern Kivu, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)
  • Acraea cinerea luluae Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba)

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 2012-06-05.


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