Acraea strattipocles
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| Female from Lake Alaotra in Antsianaka district of Madagascar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. strattipocles
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Acraea strattipocles is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[3]
Description
A. strattipocles Oberth. (56 f) is very similar to Acraea igola, but has the discal dots of the hindwing much larger and completely developed and its inner margin whitish. Madagascar. [4]
Biology
The habitat consists of forests.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
References
- ^ Oberthür, C. 1893. Lepidopteres d’Afrique. Etudes d’Entomologie 17: 17-36.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 f
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