Acraea dammii
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. dammii
Binomial name
Acraea dammii
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) dammii
  • Acraea percussa Keferstein, 1870
  • Acraea masonala Ward, 1872
  • Acraea villettei Oberthür, 1925

Acraea dammii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros.[3]

Description

A. dammii Vollenh. (53 b). Forewing to the apex of the cell and hindwing not or scarcely beyond the black spots scaled with red (male) or white (female); the hyaline marginal band of the hindwing is consequently broad, reaching the black spot in 3; the large black spot in 7 is placed much nearer to the base than the one in 6. Madagascar. - cuva Smith (57 a) [ now species Acraea cuva] differs in having the red (male) or dirty yellow (female) scaling on both wings extended much further distad; hence the hyaline marginal band of the hindwing is only about 2 mm. in breadth; hindwing usually with 6 to 8 discal dots, occasionally only with 5, ab. nidama Suff. [ = Acraea cuva ] German and British East Africa. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References

  1. ↑ van Vollenhoven, C. Snellen 1869. Description des especes nouvelles de Coleopteres, Orthopteres, Lepidopteres et Hemipteres mentionees dans la liste precedente. In: Pollen, F.P.L. & Van Dam, D.C. Reserches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses dependances (5): 7-14.
  2. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  4. ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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