Acraea niobe

Acraea niobe is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé.[2] The species was first described by Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe in 1893. The specific name of the species refers to the Greek myth of Niobe.

Acraea niobe
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. niobe
Binomial name
Acraea niobe
Sharpe, 1893[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) niobe

References

  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Pyrcz, T.W. (1992). "Rain Forests of São Tomé and Príncipe: Butterflies and Conservation" (PDF). Tropical Lepidoptera. 3 (2): 95–100.


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