Acraea manca
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. manca
Binomial name
Acraea manca
Synonyms
  • Acraea guillemei var. manca Thurau, 1904
  • Acraea (Acraea) manca

Acraea manca is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania.[3]

Description

Very similar to Acraea acrita qv.

Taxonomy

Acraea manca is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The clade members are:

Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud

  • Acraea (group acrita) Henning, 1993 [4]
  • Acraea (Rubraea) Henning & Williams, 2010 [5]
  • Acraea (Acraea) (subgroup acrita) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013 [6]
  • Acraea (Acraea) Groupe egina Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [7]

References

  1. ↑ Thurau, F. 1904. Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost-und Central-Afrika in Konigl. zoologischen Museum zu Berlin. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 48: 301-314.
  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. ↑ Henning, G.A., 1993 Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Metamorphosis 4 (1): 5-18, (2): 53-68
  5. ↑ Henning, G.A. & Williams,M.C. 2010 Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical taxa of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Metamorphosis 21 (1) : 2-38
  6. ↑ Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers
  7. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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