Acraea kaduna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. kaduna
Binomial name
Acraea kaduna
Pierre, 1993 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) kaduna

Acraea kaduna, the Kaduna acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria.[3] The habitat consists of flood plains and swamps around Kaduna and Zaria.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Acraea kaduna.
  1. ↑ Pierre, J. 1993. Acraea kaduna nouvelle espece du groupe anacreon, au Nigeria (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 98 (3): 287-290.
  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 2012-06-05.
  4. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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