Acraea parei

Acraea parei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. parei
Binomial name
Acraea parei
(Henning & Henning, 1996) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Hyalites parei Henning & Henning, 1996
  • Acraea (Actinote) parei
  • Hyalites parei orangica Henning & Henning, 1996

Acraea parei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia.[3] The habitat consists of montane grassland.

Adults have been recorded in April, October, November and December.

Subspecies

  • Acraea parei parei (Zimbabwe: Chimanimani Mountains)
  • Acraea parei orangica (Henning & Henning, 1996) (the Nyika Plateau in Malawi and Zambia)

Taxonomy

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

References

  1. ^ Henning, G.A., & Henning, S.F. 1996b. A review of the Hyalites (Auracraea) anacreon species complex in southern Africa with descriptions of two new species and two new subspecies. Metamorphosis 7 (2): 71-80.
  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 Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
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