Acraea periphanes
| Acraea periphanes | |
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| Acraea periphanes figure 23 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. periphanes |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea periphanes Oberthür, 1893[1] | |
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Acraea periphanes is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in northern Zambia, Malawi, southern and western Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Haut-Lomani, Lualaba, Haut-Shaba) and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of marshy grassland.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea periphanes |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55 b
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 f melaina
- Images representing Acraea periphanes at Bold.
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