Acraea eugenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. eugenia
Binomial name
Acraea eugenia
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) eugenia
  • Acraea eugenia var. ochreata Grünberg, 1910

Acraea eugenia, the small smoky acraea , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Togo, western Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tanganika) and Uganda.[3]

Description

A. eugenia Karsch (53 b). Forewing diaphanous or somewhat smoky and entirely without markings. Hindwing above whitish or slightly yellowish to the discal dots, with basal and discal dots but without submarginal ones; marginal band somewhat smoky and at least 6 mm. in breadth. Togoland and Angola.-ochreata Grünb. Wings darker and more densely scaled; forewing with distinct transverse spot at the apex of the cell; hindwing from the base to beyond the middle scaled with yellow-brown on both surfaces. Spanish Guinea. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of open bushland near forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

Etymology

The name honours Empress Eugénie.

Taxonomy

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

  • Acraea (group horta) Henning, 1993, Metamorphosis 4 (1): 8
  • Acraea (Acraea) (subgroup dammii) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013, Butterflies of the World 39: 5, pl. 17, f. 1-3

References

  1. ↑ Karsch, F. 1893 Die Insekten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 38: 1-266.
  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 2012-05-31.
  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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