Acraea penelope
Acraea penelope, the Penelope acraea or Penelope's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane forests.
| Acraea penelope | |
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| A. p. translucida male figure 4, A. p. derubescens figure 5, A. p. translucida female figure 6, A. p. vitrea figure 7 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. penelope |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea penelope Staudinger, 1896[1] | |
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Subspecies
- A. p. penelope (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania)
- A. p. vitrea Eltringham, 1912 (Kenya: highlands west of the Rift Valley)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Acraea penelope. |
- "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.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 b
- Images representing Acraea penelope at Bold
- A. p. penelope at Pteron
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