Acraea sambavae

Acraea sambavae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. sambavae
Binomial name
	Acraea sambavae; Ward, 1873
Synonyms
	Acraea (Actinote) sambavae;

Acraea sambavae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.^[3]

Description edit

A. sambavae Ward is very similar to the last two species [ A. strattipocles , A. masamba ] , but has a more brownish red colour on the upper surface and differs especially in having the marginal band of the hindwing replaced by large black spots at the extremities of the veins; these spots touch one another at the distal margin, but are otherwise quite free; the inner margin of the hindwing broadly whitish yellow. Madagascar. ^[4]

Biology edit

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy edit

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

References edit

^ Ward, C. 1873. Descriptions of new species of African lepidoptera. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 10: 59.
^ "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