Acraea orinata
Acraea orinata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia and north-western Tanzania.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. orinata |
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| Acraea orinata | |
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Description
Very close to Acraea orina q.v.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [3]
References
- "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
External links
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- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 a
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