Acraea periphanes
Acraea periphanes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Zambia, Malawi, southern and western Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Lomani, Lualaba, Haut-Shaba) and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of marshy grassland.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. periphanes |
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References
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- "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 2012-05-31.
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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