Acraea miranda | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. miranda
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Binomial name | |
Acraea miranda | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea miranda, the Somali acraea or desert acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia and eastern and northern Kenya.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Acraea miranda, sister-species of A. mirabilis, is a member of the Acraea natalica species group; see Acraea. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, N. D. 1920 A note on some African Rhopalocera Entomologist 53: 73-75
- ^ "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 2012-06-01.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf