Acraea melanoxantha

Acraea melanoxantha
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. melanoxantha
Binomial name
	Acraea melanoxantha; Sharpe, 1891
Synonyms
	Acraea (Actinote) melanoxantha;

Acraea melanoxantha is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda and western Kenya.^[3]

Description

A. melanoxantha E. Sharpe. Both wings above black, thickly scaled; the forewing with two yellow spots in the middle (in 2 and the apex of the cell) and 3 semi-transparent whitish subapical spots in 4-6; hindwing above with narrow lemon-yellow median band, which is only 3 mm. in breadth in the middle and becomes gradually narrower towards the inner margin. Beneath the hindwing and the apex of the forewing are light yellow with black veins and streaks at the distal margin; the latter are finely pointed distally and scarcely reach the margin; cell of the hindwing only with one black dot. Elgon Mountain. ^[4]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[5]

References

^ Sharpe, E.M. 1891a. Descriptions of new butterflies collected by Mr. F.J. Jackson, F.Z.S., in British East Africa, during his recent expedition. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 187-194.
^ "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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[1] Sharpe, E.M. 1891a. Descriptions of new butterflies collected by Mr. F.J. Jackson, F.Z.S., in British East Africa, during his recent expedition. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 187-194.

[funet-2] "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-3] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

[4] 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.

[5] Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

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