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Acraea pseudatolmis

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Acraea pseudatolmis
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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. pseudatolmis
Binomial name
Acraea pseudatolmis
Synonyms
  • Acraea nohara pseudatolmis Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea (Acraea) pseudatolmis

Acraea pseudatolmis, the false scarlet acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is mostly found in eastern Zimbabwe.[3]

Description

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Very similar to Acraea nohara qv. for differences.

Biology

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The habitat consists of montane grassland.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Basananthe sandersonii and Tricliceras longipedunculatum.

Taxonomy

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The species group is undetermined - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]


References

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  1. ^ Eltringham, H. 1912. A monograph of the African species of the genus Acraea Fab., with a supplement on those of the Oriental Region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912: 1-374.
  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 2012-06-01.
  4. ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf