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Acraeas
Acraea Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 284, TS: Papilio horta Linnaeus
Telchinia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (2): 27, TS: Papilio serena Fabricius
Gnesia Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 141, TS: Papilio circeis Drury
Hyalites Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 140, TS: Papilio lycia Fabricius
Pareba Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 142, TS: Papilio vesta Fabricius
Planema Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 140, TS: Acraea lycoa Godart
Aphanopeltis Mabille, 1887; in Grandidier, Hist. phys. nat. pol. Madagascar 18 (Lép. 1): 85, TS: Papilio horta Linnaeus
Phanopeltis Mabille, 1887; in Grandidier, Hist. phys. nat. pol. Madagascar 18 (Lép. 1): 84, TS: Acraea ranavalona Boisduval
Solenites Mabille, 1887; in Grandidier, Hist. phys. nat. pol. Madagascar 18 (Lép. 1): 82, TS: Acraea igati Boisduval
Acraea [Wahlberg]
Acrea ; Rafinesque, 1815, (missp.)
Acraea (Acraeini) ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]
Actinote (Acraea) ; [AfrL, (subgenus)]
India, Ceylon. See [About maps]
Tawny Coster
violae (Fabricius, 1793); Ent. Syst. 3: 460, TL: Tranquebar, S.India
Acraea violae [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Telchinia violae ; [BIR]
Acraea violae ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 153, f. 2]; [BOR, 406]; [MRS, 596]
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769x513 (~61Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko
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1152x958 (~98Kb) underside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel, 2nd February, 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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927x732 (~119Kb) upperside female Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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1116x1077 (~146Kb) male female Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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1308x1000 (~169Kb) upperside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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765x816 (~76Kb) underside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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1042x852 (~79Kb) larva Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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810x1224 (~111Kb) larva Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel, 12th January, 2006 (praepupa), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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660x942 (~95Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Lan island, ruderal vegeation at a roadside. 15th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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Larva on
Cucurbitaceae,
Passifloraceae [BIR]
The andromacha species-group
Australia, New Guinea. See [About maps]
Glasswing
Small Greasy
Papilio andromacha Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 466
Acraea entoria Godart, 1819
Acraea theodote Wallengren, 1860
andromache Eltringham & Jordan, 1913; (misspelling)
Acraea andromacha [Wahlberg]
Acraea andromacha [Don Herbison-Evans]
Acraea andromacha ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 153, f. 1]
Larva on
Passiflora,
Adenia populifolia [BAUR],
Adenia heterophylla,
Hybanthus enneaspermus,
Passiflora alba,
P. mollissima,
P. suberosa,
P. spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)
Timor Sea, N.Australia - New South Wales
Acraea andromacha andromacha ; [BAUR, 198]
Papua, New Guinea
agema Fruhstorfer²
Acraea andromacha sanderi ; [BAUR, 198]
Islands of SE coast of Papua
Acraea andromacha oenome ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]
The "Pareba" species-group
W.China, C.China, Assam, Himalayas, Burma, Sumatra. See [About maps]
Yellow Coaster
Telchinia issoria Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (2): 27
Papilio vesta Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum, 2: 14 (preocc. Papilio vesta Cramer, [1777])
Acraea issoria [Wahlberg]
Pareba vesta ; [BIR]
Pareba issoria ; [EBW]
Pareba vesta ; [BOW: pl. 149, f. 20]
Acraea issoria ; [BOR, 406]; [MRS, 595]; [BMP: 146, pl. 21, f. 1 (Bali)]
Larva on
Boehmeria salicifolia [BHR],
Boehmeria,
Debregasia,
Buddleia [BIR]
Sikkim - Assam, S.China, Indo China, Hainan
Acraea issoria issoria ; [BOR, 406]
Java
Pareba vestoides Moore, 1901; Lepidoptera Indica, 5: 35
?narona Fruhstorfer
Acraea issoria vestoides ; [BOR, 406]; [BOR, 406]
Sumatra
?vestoides de Nicéville
Acraea issoria atticola ; [BOR, 406]
Rhodesia, Natal, Moçambique, Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps]
Coast Acraea
Acraea satis Ward, 1871; Ent. mon. Mag. 8 : 35
Acraea satis ; [BK, 378]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 26]; [BAFR, 118]
Acraea (Acraea) satis ; [AfrL]
Kenya - Malawi. See [About maps]
Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877; : 154, TL: Zanzibar
Acraea zonata ; [BK, 378]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 42]; [BAFR, 116]
Acraea (Acraea) zonata ; [AfrL]
Natal, Swaziland, Moçambique - Kenya, Tanzania. See [About maps]
Clear Wing Acraea
Acraea rabbaiae Ward, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 152
Acraea rabaiae ; (missp.)
Acraea rabbaiae ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 22]; [BAFR, 116]
Acraea (Acraea) rabbaiae ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Tryphostemma zanzibaricum [PBSA],
(1974, J. Lepid. Soc. 28: 322)
Acraea (Acraea) rabbaiae rabbaiae ; [AfrL]
mombasae Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14) : 127
Acraea rabbaiae mombasae ; [BK, 378]
Acraea (Acraea) rabbaiae perlucida ; [AfrL]
The pentapolis species-group
-. See [About maps]
Acraea pentapolis Ward, 1871; Ent. mon. Mag. 8 : 60
Acraea pentapolis ; [BK, 370]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 13]
Acraea (Actinote) pentapolis ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Musanga,
Boehmeria,
Myrianthus [BK]
Sierra Leone - Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya
Acraea pentapolis pentapolis ; [BAFR, 125]
Acraea (Actinote) pentapolis pentapolis ; [AfrL]
NE.Tanzania - Malawi, E.Rhodesia, Mozambique
Acraea epidica Oberthür, 1893; Étud. d'Ent. 17 : 18
Acraea pentapolis epidica ; [BAFR, 125]
Acraea (Actinote) pentapolis epidica ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea vesperalis Grose-Smith, 1890; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.: 466
?Acraea vesperalis Schouteden, 1919; Rev. zool. afr. 6: 147
Acraea vesperalis ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 35]
Acraea (Actinote) vesperalis ; [AfrL]
Nigeria - E.Zaire
Acraea vesperalis vesperalis ; [BAFR, 125]
Sierra Leone, Liberia?, Ivory Coast, Ghana
Acraea catori Bethune-Baker, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 223, TL: Sierra Leone
Acraea vesperalis catori ; [BAFR, 125]
The terpsichore species-group
Papilio serena Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 461
?Papilio terpsicore Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 466
Acraea serena [Wahlberg]
?Acraea terpsichore ; [EBW, (neobule?)]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 32-33 (neobule?)]
Acraea (Actinote) serena ; [AfrL]
[BK] says Acraea terpsicore Linnaeus, 1758 is Indian species...
-. See [About maps]
Acraea neobule Doubleday, [1847]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): pl. 19
Acraea neobule ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 52]
Acraea (Acraea) neobule ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Passiflora edulis,
P. incarnata,
Adenia gummifera [PBSA],
Hybanthus [BK]
Ethiopia - S.Africa, Cameroun - Kenya
Acraea neobule neobule ; [BK, 382]
Acraea terpsicore neobule ; [BAFR, 115]
Acraea (Acraea) neobule neobule ; [AfrL]
Senegal - W.Nigeria, Niger
Acraea terpsicore seis ; [BAFR, 115]
SW.Arabia
Acraea terpsicore arabica ; [BAFR, 115]
Aldabra I., Cosmoledo I.
Acraea terpsicore legrandi ; [BAFR, 115 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) neobule legrandi ; [AfrL]
Madagascar, Comoro Is., Mauritius. See [About maps]
Acraea neobule mahela ;
Acraea terpsicore mahela ; [BAFR, 115]
Acraea mahela ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 48]
Acraea (Acraea) mahela ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Kenya (coast). See [About maps]
Acraea matuapa ; [BK, 382]; [EBW, (name only)]; [BAFR, 115]
Acraea (Acraea) matuapa ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea obeira ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 2]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) obeira ; [AfrL]
Madagascar
Acraea obeira obeira ; [BAFR, 124]
Acraea (Actinote) obeira obeira ; [MadL]
South West Africa
obeira meyeri van Son, 1963; Transv. Mus. Mem. 14: 39
Acraea meyeri [Wahlberg]
Acraea obeira meyeri ; [BAFR, 124 (text)]
Acraea meyeri ;
Natal, Swaziland, Rhodesia, E.Zambia, S.Malawi. See [About maps]
Acraea burni Butler, 1896; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18 (108) : 467
Acraea obeira burni ; [BAFR, 124]
Acraea (Actinote) burni ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Fleurya mitis,
Urera tenax,
Pouzolzia hypoleuca [PBSA]
Madagascar, Comoro Is., Astove I., Aldabra Group. See [About maps]
Acraea ranavalona Boisduval, 1833; Ann. Soc. Ent. France 2: 178, pl. 6, f. 3-5
Acraea ranavalona Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 30, pl. 6, f. 3-5
f. manandaza
Acraea ranavalona ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 24]; [BAFR, 116]
Acraea (Acraea) ranavalona ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea iturina ; [EBW]
Acraea (Actinote) iturina ; [AfrL]
Cameroun - Zaire, Uganda
Acraea iturina iturina ; [BAFR, 117]
Acraea (Actinote) iturina iturina ; [AfrL]
SW.Ethiopia
Acraea iturina kakana ; [BAFR, 117 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) iturina kakana ; [AfrL]
E.Zaire - W.Uganda, . See [About maps]
Acraea kalinzu ; [BAFR, 118]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) kalinzu ; [AfrL]
Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Acraea humilis ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 118]; [BK, 362]
Acraea (Actinote) humilis ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Papilio quirina Fabricius, 1781
Acraea quirina [Wahlberg]
Acraea quirina ; [BK, 381]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 20]
Acraea (Acraea) quirina ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Drypetes,
Rinorea [BK]
Guinea - Nigeria, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya
?Acraea bourgeoni Schouteden, 1919; Rev. zool. afr. 6: 148, TL: Congo
Acraea quirina quirina ; [BAFR, 116]
?Acraea bourgeoni ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) quirina quirina ; [AfrL]
E.Kenya - E.Tanzania - Malawi
Acraea quirina rosa ; [BK, 381 (note)]; [BAFR, 116]
Acraea (Acraea) quirina rosa ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Rogers' Acraea
?Acraea salambo Grose-Smith, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109) : 62, TL: Congo
Acraea rogersi [Wahlberg]
?Acraea salambo ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 17 (text only)]
Acraea rogersi ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 37]
Acraea (Acraea) rogersi ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Angola, E.Zaire
Acraea rogersi rogersi ; [BAFR, 125]
Acraea (Acraea) rogersi rogersi ; [AfrL]
Uganda, W.Kenya
Acraea rogersi lankesteri ; [BK, 371]; [BAFR, 125]
Acraea (Acraea) rogersi lankesteri ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia lobata [BK]
Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Sierra Leone - Kenya. See [About maps]
Acraea admatha Hewitson, 1865; Ill. exot. Butts 3: f. 16, 17
?Acraea kinduana Schouteden, 1919; Rev. zool. afr. 6: 149
Acraea admatha ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 3]; [BAFR, 118]
Acraea (Acraea) admatha ; [AfrL]
Kenya, N.Tanzania, Malawi, S.Africa. See [About maps]
Acraea admatha f. boopis ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 3 (text only)]
Acraea boopis ; [BK, 381 (note)]
Acraea (Acraea) boopis ; [AfrL]
S.Africa
Acraea boopis boopis ; [BK, 381 (note)]
Acraea (Acraea) boopis boopis ; [AfrL]
Kenya, N.Tanzania
Acraea boopis ama ; [BK, 380]
Acraea (Acraea) boopis ama ; [AfrL]
Malawi
Acraea boopis choloui ; [BK, 381 (note)]
Acraea (Acraea) boopis choloui ; [AfrL]
Ghana - W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Acraea leucographa Ribbe, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 181, pl. 4, f. 1
?Acraea admatha f. leucographa ; [BAFR, 118, fig.]
Acraea leucographa ; [BK, 380]
Acraea (Acraea) leucographa ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Rinorea [BK]
E.Tanzania (Uluguru, Usambara Mts.). See [About maps]
Acraea punctimarginea ; [EBW, (name only)]; [BAFR, 116]
Acraea (Acraea) punctimarginea ; [AfrL]
W.Uganda - E.Zaire. See [About maps]
Acraea eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 47
Acraea eltringhami ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 114]
Acraea (Acraea) eltringhami ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea buxtoni Hewitson, 1877; : 155, TL: Zanzibar
Acraea insignis siginna Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 19, TL: Deutch Ost-Afrika
Acraea insignis ; [BK, 381]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 42]
Acraea (Acraea) insignis ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Gossypium,
Adenia,
Thea,
Vitis [BK]
Malawi - Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia
Acraea insignis insignis ; [BAFR, 114]
Acraea (Acraea) insignis insignis ; [AfrL]
Zanzibar, Tanzania
?Acraea insignis balbina ; [BAFR, 114 (text)]
E.Rhodesia, W.Moçambique
Acraea insignis gorongozae van Son, 1963; Transv. Mus. Mem. 14: 14
Acraea insignis gorongozae ; [BAFR, 114 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) insignis gorongozae ; [AfrL]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Acraea igati Boisduval, 1833; Ann. Soc. Ent. France 2: 177, pl. 4, f. 3, pl. 5, f. 3
Acraea igati Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 29, pl. 4, f. 3, pl. 5, f. 3
Acraea igati ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 29 (text only)]; [EBW]; [BAFR, 118]
Acraea (Acraea) igati ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Madagascar, Comoro Is.. See [About maps]
Acraea villettei Oberthür, 1925
Acraea cuva villetyei[sic] ; [BK, 381 (note)]
Acraea cuva villettei ; [BAFR, 118 (spell.?)]
Acraea dammi ;
Acraea damii ; [EBW, (name only)]
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Acraea damii[sic] ; [BK, 381 (note)]
Acraea dammii ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 29 [spell.?]]; [BAFR, 118]
Acraea (Acraea) dammii ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
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-. See [About maps]
Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14) : 126
Acraea dammi nidama Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 18, TL: Dar-es-Salaam
= Acraea cuva nidama ; [NHM]
Acraea cuva ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 29 (text only)]
Acraea (Acraea) cuva ; [AfrL]
Kenya (coastal) - Tanzania - Mozambique, Malawi
Acraea cuva cuva ; [BAFR, 118]; [BK, 381]
E.Zaire (Kivu), SW.Uganda (Kigezi). See [About maps]
Acraea hamata ; [BAFR: 114]; [EBW]
Acraea (Acraea) hamata ; [AfrL]
Togo - Cameroun, Guinea, Angola. See [About maps]
Acraea eugenia ; [BAFR, 117]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 37]
Acraea (Acraea) eugenia ; [AfrL]
Zaire?
Acraea rileyi ; [BAFR, 118 (text)]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) rileyi ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Moçambique, Malawi, SE.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Acraea machequena Grose-Smith, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109) : 62, TL: Delagoa Bay
Acraea machequena ; [BAFR, 116]
Acraea (Acraea) machequena ; [AfrL]
South Africa, Transvaal, Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Garden Acraea
Papilio horta Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 234
Acraea horta ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 39]; [BAFR, 114]
Acraea (Acraea) horta ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Kiggelaria africana,
Passiflora spp.,
Tacsonia spp. [PBSA]
-. See [About maps]
Tree Top Acraea
Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861; Exot. Butt. 2: pl. 20, f. 10
Acraea cerasa ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 25]; [BK, 371]
Acraea (Acraea) cerasa ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Rawsonia lucida [PBSA],
Drypetes gerrardii [BK, S. C. Collins]
Natal - Kenya (E of Rift Valley)
Acraea cerasa cerasa ; [BAF]
Acraea (Acraea) cerasa cerasa ; [AfrL]
Uganda, NW.Tanzania?, E.Zaire?
Acraea cerasa cerita ; [BAFR, 117 (text)]
Acraea cerita ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) cerasa cerita ; [AfrL]
W of L. Tanganyika (highlands)
Acraea cerasa kiellandi ; [BAFR, 177 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) cerasa kiellandi ; [AfrL]
Kenya (highlands, W of Rift Valley)
Acraea cerasa unimaculata ; [BK, 371 (note)]; [BAFR, 117]
Acraea unimaculata ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) cerasa unimaculata ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea kraka ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 45]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) kraka ; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea
Acraea kraka kraka ; [BAFR, 117]
Acraea (Acraea) kraka kraka ; [AfrL]
NE.Zaire, W.Uganda
Acraea kraka pallida ; [BAFR, 117 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) kraka pallida ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) kraka kibi ; [AfrL]
?Acraea iturinoides ; [EBW, (name only)]
-. See [About maps]
Large Spotted Acraea
Papilio zetes Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 487
Acraea zetes [Wahlberg]
Acraea zetes ; [BK, 379]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 39-40]
Acraea (Acraea) zetes ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Passiflora [EOB],
Barteria [BK]
W.Kenya (W of the Rift Valley), Uganda, Senegal - Angola
Acraea zetes zetes ; [BAFR, 144]; [BK, 379 (note)]
Acraea (Acraea) zetes zetes ; [AfrL]
Annobón (Pigalu), São Tomé
Acraea zetes annobona D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 144, TL: Annobón Is.
Acraea (Acraea) zetes annobona ; [AfrL]
N.Kenya (Turkana, Kulal, Mt. Marsabit)
Acraea zetes rudolfi ; [BK, 379 (note)]; [BAFR, 144 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) zetes rudolfi ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia, S.Sudan
Acraea zetes sidamona ; [BAFR, 144 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) zetes sidamona ; [AfrL]
South West Africa
Papilio menippe Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: 16
N.Cape, W.Orange Free State, SW.Botswana, Namibia. See [About maps]
Acraea zetes trimeni ; [BAFR, 144 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) trimeni ; [AfrL]
W.Transvaal. See [About maps]
Acraea zetes barberi ; [BAFR, 144 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) barberi ; [AfrL]
Natal, S.Africa - Mozambique, Rhodesia, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Malawi, Tanzania, E.Kenya. See [About maps]
Acraea acara Hewitson, 1865; Ill. exot. Butts 3 (54): pl. 3, f. 19-20
Acraea zetes tescea Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 19, TL: Mhonda
Acraea zetes mhondana Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 20, TL: Mhonda
Acraea zetes acara ; [BAFR, 144]; [BK, 379 (note)]
Acraea (Acraea) acara ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) acara melanophanes ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acracea hoehneli Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1098) : 746
Acraea chilo ; [BK, 379]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 27]
Acraea (Acraea) chilo ; [AfrL]
NE.Tanzania, E.Kenya, C.Kenya, S.Ethiopia, Somalia
Acraea chilo chile ; [BAFR, 145]
Acraea (Acraea) chilo chilo ; [AfrL]
SW.Arabia
Acraea chilo yemenensis ; [BAFR, 145 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) chilo yemensis ; [AfrL]
N.Kenya (Mt. Marsabit, Mt. Kulal). See [About maps]
Acraea chilo magnifica ; [BK, 379 (note)]; [BAFR, 145 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) magnifica ; [AfrL]
Namibia. See [About maps]
Acraea hypoleuca Trimen, 1898; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1898: 2, pl. 1
Acraea hypoleuca ; [BAFR, 144 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) hypoleuca ; [AfrL]
The anemosa species-group
Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Moçambique, Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Nambia, Angola, Tanzania, E.Kenya (coast), S.Somalia. See [About maps]
Broad Bordered Acraea
Acraea anemosa Hewitson, 1865; Ill. exot. Butts 3 (55): pl. 8, f. 14-15
Acraea arcticincta Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68) : 103, TL: Victoria Nyanza
Acraea anemosa mosana Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 20
Acraea anemosa dubiosa Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 20
?welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1892²; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 42: 573, TL: Angola
Acraea anemosa ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 12]; [BAFR, 145]; [BK, 379]
?Acraea welwitschi ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 12 (text only)]
?Acraea welwitschii ; [EBW, (name only)]
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Acraea anemosa f. welwitschii ; [BAFR, 145, fig.]
Acraea anemosa f. nivea ; [BAFR, 145, fig.]
Acraea anemosa f. alboradiata Aurivillius²; [BAFR, 145 (note)]
Acraea anemosa f. lobemba Neave²; [BAFR, 145 (note)]
Acraea (Acraea) anemosa ; [AfrL]
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Larva on
Modecca abyssinica [PBSA],
Adenia,
Vitis [BK]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea emini Weymer, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 221, pl. 2, f. 2
Acraea pseudolycia ; [BOW]
Acraea (Acraea) pseudolycia ; [AfrL]
Angola, Zaire (Shaba), W.Zambia
Acraea pseudolycia pseudolycia ; [BAFR, 146]
Acraea (Acraea) pseudolycia pseudolycia ; [AfrL]
C.Kenay, E.Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, N.Uganda, Ethiopia
Acraea pseudolycia astrigera ; [BK, 380]
Acraea pseudolycia f. astrigera ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 18]
Acraea pseudolycia astrigera ; [BAFR, 146]
Acraea (Acraea) pseudolycia astrigera ; [AfrL]
Acraea pseudolycia f. auasa ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 19]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Acraea turna f. marmorata ; [BAFR, 143, fig.]
Acraea turna ; [BAFR, 143]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) turna ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Papilio egina Cramer, 1775
Acraea egina [Wahlberg]
Acraea egina ; [BK, 372]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 31-32]
Acraea (Acraea) egina ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Rawsonia,
Adenia [BK]
Senegal - Zaire, Angola, Sudan?
Acraea egina egina ; [BAFR, 143]
Acraea (Acraea) egina egina ; [AfrL]
N.Transvaal - E.Rhodesia, Moçambique, S.Malawi, E.Kenya (coast), E.Tanzania (coast)
Acraea areca Mabille, 1888; Annl. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 8, Bull.: 169
Acraea egina areca ; [BAFR, 143 (text)]; [BK, 372 (note)]
Acraea (Acraea) egina areca ; [AfrL]
SW.Ethiopia, SE.Sudan
Acraea egina bellehui ; [BAFR, 143 (text)]
E.Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya, W.Tanzania
Acraea (Acraea) egina harrisoni ; [AfrL]
Acraea egina harrisoni ; [BK, 372 (note)]; [BAFR, 143 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) egina pembanus ; [AfrL]
Príncipe I.
Papilio medea Cramer, 1775
Acraea egina medea ; [BAFR, 143 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) medea ; [AfrL]
The cepheus species-group
-. See [About maps]
Papilio cepheus Linnaeus, 1758
?Acraea cepheus pheusaca Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 25, TL: Mukenge
?Acraea cepheus sucepha Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 25, TL: Mukenge
Acraea cepheus [Wahlberg]
Acraea cepheus ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 24]
Acraea (Acraea) cepheus ; [AfrL]
from (Nigeria - Angola) - Uganda, W.Tanzania, Zambia
Acraea cepheus cepheus ; [BAFR, 148]
Natal, Zululand, Moçambique - Kenya, Malawi. See [About maps]
Blood Acraea
Acraea petraea Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 589
?Acraea petraea petrina Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 25
?Acraea petraea taborana Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 26
Acraea petraea ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 16]; [BAFR, 147]; [BK, 372]
Acraea (Acraea) petraea ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Xylotheca kraussiana,
X. kotzei [PBSA]
Acraea rohlfsi Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 124, pl. 3, f. 5, TL: Ukerewe
Acraea rohlfsi ; [EBW]
Acraea (Acraea) rohlfsi ; [AfrL]
Angola, S.Zaire (Shaba), N.Zambia, W.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Acraea guillemei ; [BAFR, 148]
Acraea quillemei ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 55]
Acraea guillemei ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) guillemei ; [AfrL]
Angola, Zambia, S.Zaire. See [About maps]
Acraea diogenes Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 14, TL: Guinea
?acutipennis Lathy, 1906²; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1906: 3, pl. 1, f. 3
Acraea diogenes ; [BAFR, 148]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) diogenes ; [AfrL]
S.Zaire, Angola, Namibia, Zambia. See [About maps]
Acraea büttneri Rogenhofer, 1889; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 1889: 553
?Acraea parapetraea Schouteden, 1919; Rev. zool. afr. 6: 152
Acraea buttneri ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 19]
Acraea buettneri ; [BAFR, 149]
Acraea (Acraea) buettneri ; [AfrL]
Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia, S.Moçambique. See [About maps]
Acraea violarum Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 591
Acraea violarum ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 36]; [BAFR, 149]
Acraea (Acraea) violarum ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Tryphostemma sandersonii [PBSA]
Rhodesia, Zambia, Malawi, Moçambique, S.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Acraea asema Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 14 : 52, TL: Lake Nyassa
Acraea asema ; [BAFR, 149]
Acraea (Acraea) asema ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea omrora Trimen, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 24
Acraea (Acraea) omrora ; [AfrL]
N.Namibia, S.Angola
Acraea omrora omrora ; [BAFR, 149]
Acraea (Acraea) omrora omrora ; [AfrL]
Zambia - SE.Zaire
?Acraea omrora umbrata ; [BAFR, 149 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) omrora umbraetae ; [AfrL]
Angola. See [About maps]
Acraea bailunduensis ; [BAFR, 146 (text)]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) bailundensis ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea nohara Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 590
Acraea nohara ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 55]
Acraea (Acraea) nohara ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Wormskioldia longepedunculata,
Tryphostemma sandersonii [PBSA]
Natal, N.Transvaal, E.Transvaal
Acraea nohara nohara ; [BAFR, 146]
Acraea (Acraea) nohara nohara ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia (Mashonaland, Manicaland)
Acraea nohara halali ; [BAFR, 146]
Acraea (Acraea) nohara halali ; [AfrL]
Mozambique - Kenya
?Acraea nohara junodi ; [BAFR, 146 (text)]
Zambia, Malawi, S.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Acraea nohara punctellata ; [BAFR, 146]
Acraea (Acraea) punctellata ; [AfrL]
E.Zambia, Malawi. See [About maps]
Acraea chambezi ; [BAFR, 146]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) chambezi ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea (Acraea) mansya ; [AfrL]
Acraea mansya ; [EBW, (name only)]
Zambia
Acraea mansya mansya ; [BAFR, 147]
S.Zaire (Shaba)
?Acraea mansya janssensi ; [BAFR, 145 (text)]
South West Africa (Ovamboland). See [About maps]
Acraea onerata Trimen, 1891; Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1891: 67, pl. 8, f. 7-8
Acraea onerata ; [BAFR, 147]
Acraea (Acraea) onerata ; [AfrL]
Victoria Falls - Botswana - Ovamboland, S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola. See [About maps]
Acraea atolmis Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabe land and the Victoria Falls, App. 4: 343
Acraea atolmis [Wahlberg]
Acraea atolmis ; [BAFR, 143]
Acraea (Acraea) atolmis ; [AfrL]
Zambia, Malawi, S.Tanzania, W.Tanzania, S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola. See [About maps]
Acraea periphanes ; [BAFR, 147]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 15]
Acraea (Acraea) periphanes ; [AfrL]
The aureola species-group
Angola. See [About maps]
aureola Eltringham, 1911²; Novit. Zool. 18: 149
Acraea aureola ; [BAFR, 147]; [EBW, (name only)]
-. See [About maps]
Fiery Acraea
Acraea acrita Hewitson, 1865; Ill. exot. Butts 3 (54): pl. 3
Acraea acrita ; [BK, 373]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 2]
Acraea (Acraea) acrita ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia? [BK]
Rhodesia - Mozambique, Malawi, E.Zambia, N.Zambia, S.Zaire (E.Shaba), Tanzania
Acraea acrita acrita ; [BAFR, 137]
Acraea (Acraea) acrita acrita ; [AfrL]
SW.Zambia, N.Angola
Acraea acrita ambigua ; [BAFR, 137]
Acraea (Acraea) acrita ambigua ; [AfrL]
N.Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea acrita guluensis ; [BAFR, 137 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) guluensis ; [AfrL]
C.Zambia (L. Bangweulu), S.Zaire. See [About maps]
eltringhamiana Le Doux, 1932; Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 18: 197
Acraea acrita eltringhamiana ; [BAFR, 137 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) eltringhamiana ; [AfrL]
S.Kenya. See [About maps]
Kenyan Fiery Acraea
Acraea acrita pudorina ; [BAFR, 137]
Acraea pudorina ; [BK, 372]; Pierre, 1987, Nouvelle Révue d'Entomologie, (Nouvelle Serie), 4
Acraea (Acraea) pudorina ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia? [BK]
Tanzania. See [About maps]
Tanzanian Fiery Acraea
?Acraea acrita ambigua Trimen, 1891; van Someren, 1925, J. E.Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 23[?]
Acraea (Acraea) utengulensis ; [AfrL]
Acraea utengulensis ; [BK, 373]
Acraea acrita utengulensis ; [BAFR, 137]
Larva on
Adenia? [BK]
Acraea manca; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) manca ; [AfrL]
S.Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba). See [About maps]
Acraea chaeribula ; [BAFR, 138]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 26]
Acraea (Acraea) chaeribula ; [AfrL]
S.Zaire (Shaba). See [About maps]
Acraea lualabae -:BAFR, 138; #
Acraea lualabae ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) lualabae ; [AfrL]
The caecilia species-group
Senegal - E.Africa, Abyssinia. See [About maps]
Papilio caecilia Fabricius, 1781
?Acraea caecilia liacea Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 29, TL: Usandowi, Deutsch-Ost-Afrika
Acraea caecilia ; [BK, 376]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 21]
Acraea (Acraea) caecilia ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia [BK]
Gambia - Senegal, N.Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, W.Kenya
Acraea caecilia caecilia ; [BAFR, 138]
Acraea (Acraea) caecilia caecilia ; [AfrL]
N.Kenya (Mt. Kula, Marsabit)
Acraea caecilia kulal ; [BK, 376 (note)]; [BAFR, 138 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) caecilia kulal ; [AfrL]
E.Kenya (E of the Rift Valley) - Tanzania, N.Malawi
Acraea caecilia pudora ; [BK, 376 (note)]; [BAFR, 138 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) caecilia pudora ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Black Tip Acraea
Black-tipped Acraea
Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 14 : 52, TL: Lake Nyassa
Telchinia nero Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68) : 102, TL: Victoria Nyanza
?Acraea caldarena recaldana Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 27, TL: Tabora
Acraea caldarena ; [BK, 377]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 22]
Acraea (Acraea) caldarena ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Wormskioldia longepedunculata [PBSA],
Adenia [BK]
S.Africa, Rhodesia, Botswana, Angola, S.Zaire (Shaba), Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya
Acraea caldarena caldarena ; [BAFR, 140]
Acraea (Acraea) caldarena caldarena ; [AfrL]
E.Kenya (coast), E.Tanzania (coast)
Acraea caldarena neluska ; [BK, 377 (note)]; [BAFR, 140]
Acraea (Acraea) caldarena neluska ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea (Acraea) pudorella ; [AfrL]
Acraea pudorella ; [EBW]
SW.Africa - W.Zambia, Angola, Tanzania, E.Kenya (coast)
Acraea pudorella detecta Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910: 24, pl. 1, f. 6, 6a
= ; Heath, Newport & Hancock, 2001, The Butterflies of Zambia
Acraea pudorella pudorella ; [BK, 375]; [BAFR, 139]
Acraea pudorella detecta ; [BAFR, 139]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea equatorialis ; [BK, 374]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 33]
Acraea equatoralis[sic] ; [EBW]
Acraea aequatorialis ; (missp.)
Acraea (Acraea) equatorialis ; [AfrL]
NW.Tanzania, E.Uganda, W.Kenya
Acraea equatorialis equatorialis ; [BAFR, 142]
Acraea (Acraea) equatorialis equatorialis ; [AfrL]
E.Kenya, NE.Tanzania
Acraea equatorialis anaemia ; [BAFR, 142 (text)]
Acraea (Acraea) equatorialis anaemia ; [AfrL]
Zululand, Moçambique, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Botswana. See [About maps]
Acraea aglaonice Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabe land and the Victoria Falls, App. 4: 346
Acraea aglaonice ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 4]; [BAFR, 143]
Acraea (Acraea) aglaonice ; [AfrL]
Uganda, Ruwenzori, Kenya. See [About maps]
Black-Winged Acraea
Acraea asboloplintha ; [BK, 376]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 13]
Acraea (Acraea) asboloplintha ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia,
Passiflora,
Tryphostemma,
Vitis [BK]
W.Kenya (W of the Rift Valley), E.Zaire, Uganda
Acraea asboloplintha asboloplintha ; [BK, 377 (note)]; [BAFR, 139]
Acraea (Acraea) asboloplintha asboloplintha ; [AfrL]
E.Kenya (Abderdares, Nairobi, Meru, Mt.Kenya)
Acraea asboloplintha rubescens ; [BAFR, 139]; [BK, 377 (note)]
Acraea (Acraea) asboloplintha rubescens ; [AfrL]
Zambia, Malawi, S.Zaire (Shaba), Tanzania, Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea liszti Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 17
Acraea leucopyga ; [BAFR, 140]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 46]
Acraea (Acraea) leucopyga ; [AfrL]
Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba). See [About maps]
Acraea rhodesiana ; [BAFR, 140]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 4 (text only)]
Acraea (Acraea) rhodesiana ; [AfrL]
NE.Tanzania, E.Kenya, N.Kenya, NE.Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia. See [About maps]
Acraea braesia ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 17]; [BAFR, 142]; [BK, 374]
Acraea (Acraea) braesia ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Vernonia [BK]
NE.Zaire, S.Sudan, Uganda, C.A.R, N.Cameroun, N.Nigeria, SW.Kenya. See [About maps]
Sykes' Acraea
Acraea sykesi ; [BK, 373]; [BAFR, 142]
Acraea (Acraea) sykesi ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia [BK]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea doubledayi ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 30]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) doubledayi ; [AfrL]
SE.Sudan, N.Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia
Acraea doubledayi doubledayi ; [BAFR, 142]
Acraea (Acraea) doubledayi doubledayi ; [AfrL]
Kenya
Acraea doubledayi doubledayi f. rileyi ; [BAFR, 142, fig.]
Acraea nr. doubledayi ; [BK, 374]
S.Yemen
Acraea doubledayi azvaki ; [BAFR, 142]
Acraea (Acraea) doubledayi azvaki ; [AfrL]
Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Moçambique, E.Africa - Abyssinia, Congo. See [About maps]
Window Acraea
Acraea oncaea Hopffer, 1855; Mber. dt. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855: 640
?Acraea oncaea caoncius Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 27, TL: Mhondo; Mrogoro
?Acraea oncaea alboradiata Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 28, TL: Lindi
?Acraea oncaea modesta Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 28, TL: Zululand
?Acraea oncaea obscura Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 28, TL: Songeo-Ungoni; Delagoa Bai
?Acraea oncaea defasciata Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 29
Acraea oncaea ; [BK, 375]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 4-5]; [BAFR, 141]
Acraea (Acraea) oncaea ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Oncoba kraussiana,
Wormskieoldia longepedunculata,
Adenia spp. [PBSA]
Angola. See [About maps]
Acraea ella ; [BAFR, 142]
Acraea ela[sic] ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) ella ; [AfrL]
Zululand, Rhodesia, Moçambique, Transvaal, Botswana, South West Africa, Malawi. See [About maps]
Acraea axina Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabe land and the Victoria Falls, App. 4: 344
Acraea axina ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 15]; [BAFR, 141]
Acraea (Acraea) axina ; [AfrL]
S.Sudan, Lake Victoria. See [About maps]
Acraea marnois ; [BAFR, 139]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Acraea) marnois ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Zambia, Botswana - Ovamboland. See [About maps]
Acraea atergatis Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabe land and the Victoria Falls, App. 4: 342
Acraea atergatis ; [BAFR, 139]
Acraea (Acraea) atergatis ; [AfrL]
South West Africa, Botswana, Rhodesia, Transvaal, Orange Free State. See [About maps]
Acraea stenobea Wallengren, 1860; Wien ent. Monatschr. 4 (2): 35
Acraea stenobea ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 31]; [BAFR, 140]
Acraea (Acraea) stenobea ; [AfrL]
South West Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Zambia. See [About maps]
Acraea lygus Druce, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 408
Acraea lygus ; [BAFR, 141]; [BK, 376]
Acraea (Acraea) lygus ; [AfrL]
Natal - Rhodesia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Tanzania, E.Kenya. See [About maps]
Natal Acraea
Acraea natalica Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 590
?Acraea natalica umbrata Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 30, TL: Mikindani
?Acraea dispar Schouteden, 1919; Rev. zool. afr. 6: 154
Acraea natalica natalica ; [BAFR, 138]; [BK, 375]
Acraea natalica ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 50]
Acraea (Acraea) natalica ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia gummifera,
Passiflora spp.,
Wormskioldia longepedunculata [PBSA]
Senegal - Angola, Zaire, Nigeria, W.Kenya, S.Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Acraea abadima Ribbe, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 182, pl. 4, f. 2
Acraea pseudegina [Wahlberg]
Acraea natalica abadima ; [BAFR, 138 (text)]
Acraea natalica pseudegina ; [BAFR, 138 (text)]
Acraea pseudegina ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 50 (text only)]; [BK, 376]
Acraea (Acraea) pseudegina ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Passiflora,
Cephalomma [BK, Fontaine, 1988]
-. See [About maps]
Marsh Acraea
Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 33
Acraea rahira [Wahlberg]
Acraea rahira ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 23]
Acraea (Actinote) rahira ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Polygonum pulchrum,
Erigeron canadense [PBSA]
S.Africa, Rhodesia, Mozambique - Malawi, S.Tanzania, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola, W.Kenya, Uganda
Acraea rahira uasingishuensis Stoneham, 1943; Bull. Stoneham Mus. (45): ?
= Acraea rahira ; Pierre & Bernaud, 2002, Lambillionea 102 (3, I): 248
Acraea rahira rahira ; [BAFR, 126]
Acraea rahira uasingishuensis ; [BAFR, 127 (text)]; [BK, 370]
Acraea rahira rahira ; Pierre & Bernaud, 2002, Lambillionea 102 (3, I): 247, fig.
Acraea (Actinote) rahira rahira ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Polygonum,
Erigeron [BK]
Tanzania
Acraea rahira mufindi Kielland, 1990; , TL: de Mufindi, Ngwasi, 1800m (8°36'S, 33°17'E)
Acraea rahira mufindi ; Pierre & Bernaud, 2002, Lambillionea 102 (3, I): 247, fig.
Acraea (Actinote) rahira mufindi ; [AfrL]
Angola. See [About maps]
Anacreon speciosa ; [BAFR, 127]
Acraea (Actinote) speciosa ; [AfrL]
W.Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba). See [About maps]
Acraea anacreon lusinga ; [BAFR, 127]
Acraea (Actinote) lusinga ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi - Tanzania, S.Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea anacreon bomba ; [BAFR, 127]; [BK, 370 (note)]
Acraea (Actinote) bomba ; [AfrL]
W.Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea (Actinote) anacreontica ; [AfrL]
Acraea anacreon anacreontica ; [BK, 370 (note)]; [BAFR, 127]
Acraea (Actinote) anacreontica anacreontica ; [AfrL]
SE.Kenya (Chyulu Hills)
Acraea anacreon chyulu ; [BAFR, 127 (text)]; [BK, 370 (note)]
Acraea (Actinote) anacreontica chyulu ; [AfrL]
Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea wigginsi ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 38]; [EBW, (name only, Acraea anacreon f.?)]; [BK, 370 (note)]
Acraea (Actinote) wigginsi ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) wigginsi wigginsi ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Nigeria
wigginsi occidentalis Bethune-Baker, 1926; Ent. Rec. 38: 115
?Acraea anacreon occidentalis ; [BAFR, 127]
Acraea (Actinote) wigginsi occidentalis ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Acraea guichardi ; [EBW, (name only)]; [BAFR, 126]
Acraea (Actinote) guichardi ; [AfrL]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Acraea zitja ; [BAFR, 127]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 41]; Pierre & Bernaud, 2002, Lambillionea 102 (3, I): 247, fig.
Acraea (Actinote) zitja ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Acraea calida ; Pierre & Bernaud, 2002, Lambillionea 102 (3, I): 247, fig.
Acraea (Actinote) calida ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Angola, Zambia. See [About maps]
Acraea mirifica Lathy, 1906; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1906: 2, pl. 1, f. 2
Acraea mirifica ; [BAFR, 128]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 51]
Acraea (Actinote) mirifica ; [AfrL]
The encedon species-group
-. See [About maps]
Common Acraea
White-barred Acraea
Encedon Acraea
Papilio encedon Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 488
?Papilio lycia Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 464
?Acraea encedon ab. fumosa Aurivillius, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 258
?Acraea encedon f. lycia ; auth.
?Acraea encedon lycia[?] ; [BAFR, 137]
?Acraea fumosa ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea encedon ; [BK, 362]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 34]
Acraea (Actinote) encedon ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Commelina [EOB]
south of Sahara, Madagascar
Acraea encedon encedon ; [BAFR, 136]
Acraea (Actinote) encedon encedon ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
SW.Arabia
Acraea encedon rathjensi ; [BAFR, 136]
Acraea (Actinote) encedon rathjensi ; [AfrL]
N.Ethiopia, C.Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Acraea encedon necoda ; auth.
Acraea necoda ; [BAFR, 137]
Acraea (Actinote) necoda ; [AfrL]
AF (south of Sahara) - Zambia, Mozambigue. See [About maps]
Pierre's Acraea
Acraea encedana ; [BK, 363]
Acraea (Actinote) encedana ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Desmodium [BK]
The bonasia species-group
-. See [About maps]
Papilio bonasia Fabricius, 1775
Acraea praeponina Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 202
?Acraea bonasia siabona Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 32, TL: Misahöhe, Togo
Acraea bonasia [Wahlberg]
Acraea bonasia ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 16]
Acraea (Actinote) bonasia ; [AfrL]
from (W.Africa - Angola, Zambia) - Zaire, W.Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, NW.Tanzania
Acraea bonasia bonasia ; [BAFR, 131]
Acraea (Actinote) bonasia bonasia ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia (highlands)
Acraea bonasia banka ; [BAFR, 131 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) bonasia banka ; [AfrL]
Cameroun - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi. See [About maps]
Telchinia alicia Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (30) : 442, TL: [East Africa]
Acraea alicia [Wahlberg]
Acraea alicia ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 7]
Acraea bonasia alicia ; [BAFR, 131]
Acraea alicia ; [BK, 368]
Acraea (Actinote) alicia ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Hibiscus?,
Triumfetta? [BK]
Acraea (Actinote) alicia alicia ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) alicia mbulu ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) alicia uzungwae ; [AfrL]
S.Malawi - S.Tanzania, W.Tanzania, SW.Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea goetzi[sic?] ; [EBW (spell.)]
Acraea goetzei ; [BAFR, 130]
Acraea (Actinote) goetzei ; [AfrL]
Nyasaland, Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps]
Acraea excelsior ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 38]; [EBW]
Acraea (Actinote) excelsior ; [AfrL]
Kenya, S.Tanzania
Acraea excelsior excelsior ; [BAFR, 130]; [BK, 369]
Acraea (Actinote) excelsior excelsior ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Triumfetta [BK]
NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts.)
Acraea excelsior usambarae ; [BAFR, 130 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) excelsior usambarae ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia - Kenya - Cameroun - Angola, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire. See [About maps]
Sotik Acraea
Acraea supponina Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 204
?Acraea bayeri Schouteden, 1919; Rev. zool. afr. 6: 157
Acraea sotikensis [Wahlberg]
Acraea sotikensis ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 28]; [BAFR, 129]; [BK, 369]
Acraea (Actinote) sotikensis ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Triumfetta [BK]
Tropical Africa, SW.Arabia. See [About maps]
Orange Acraea
Papilio eponina Cramer, 1780
Acraea eponina [Wahlberg]
Acraea eponina ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 131]
Acraea (Actinote) eponina ; [MadL]
Larva on
Hibiscus,
Sida,
Nicotiana,
Hermannia,
Triumfetta [BK]
Acraea eponina eponina ; [BK, 365]
Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Moçambique
Acraea manjaca Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 33, pl. 4
Telchinia perrupta Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68) : 102, TL: Victoria Nyanza
Larva on
Triumfetta rhomboidea,
T. annua,
T. effusa,
T. pilosa,
Hermannia spp. [PBSA]
Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Acraea jordani Le Doux, 1928; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 42[?]: 106
Acraea jordani ; [BAFR, 132]; [EBW, (name only)]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea rangatana ; [BK, 366]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) rangatana ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Nesaea,
Rotala,
Alchemilla [BK]
E.Kenya (E of the Rift Valley)
Acraea rangatana rangatana ; [BK, 366 (note)]; [BAFR, 132]
Acraea (Actinote) rangatana rangatana ; [AfrL]
SW.Uganda (Kigezi), Rwanda, Burundi
Acraea bettiana ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea rangatana bettiana ; [BAFR, 132 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) rangatana bettiana ; [AfrL]
W.Kenya (W of the Rift Valley)
Acraea rangatana ecketti ; [BK, 366 (note)]; [BAFR, 132]
Acraea (Actinote) rangatana ecketti ; [AfrL]
SW.Ethiopia
Acraea maji ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea rangatana maji ; [BAFR, 132 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) rangatana maji ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea ventura Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 14 : 51, TL: Lake Nyassa
Acraea ventura ; [EBW, (name only)]; [BK, 366]
Acraea (Actinote) ventura ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Cassia [BK, van Someren, 1935]
Malawi, S.Tanzania, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba)
Acraea ventura ventura ; [BAFR, 131]
Acraea (Actinote) ventura ventura ; [AfrL]
Rwanda, Burundi, NW.Tanzania, Uganda, W.Kenya
Acraea ventura ochrascens ; [BAFR, 131]
Acraea (Actinote) ventura ochrascens ; [AfrL]
SW.Uganda (Kigezi). See [About maps]
Acraea burgessi ; [BAFR, 129]; [EBW]
Acraea (Actinote) burgessi ; [AfrL]
Somalia, S.Ethiopia, ?N.Kenya. See [About maps]
Marvelous Acraea
Acraea mirabilis ; [BK, 378]; [BAFR, 132]
Acraea (Acraea) mirabilis ; [AfrL]
Somalia, SE.Ethiopia, N.Kenya. See [About maps]
Desert Acraea
Somali Acraea
Acraea miranda ; [BK, 377]; [BAFR, 132]
Acraea (Acraea) miranda ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Loewia tanaensis [BK, S. C. Collins]
-. See [About maps]
Tiny Acraea
Acraea minima Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 232
Acraea uvui ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 34]; [BK, 367]
Acraea (Actinote) uvui ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Triumfetta,
Sparmannia [BK]
N.Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, E.Zaire
Acraea uvui uvui ; [BAFR, 130]
Acraea (Actinote) uvui uvui ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Angola
Acraea uvui balina ; [BAFR, 130 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) uvui balina ; [AfrL]
Zaire - Cameroun. See [About maps]
Acraea lumiri Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12) : 471, TL: Kissegneis to Lumiri, Albert Edward Lake
Acraea lumiri ; [BAFR, 131]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) lumiri ; [AfrL]
Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Congo - Uganda, Kenya. See [About maps]
Yellow Banded Acraea
Acraea cabira Hopffer, 1855; Mber. dt. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855: 640
Acraea supponina ninapo Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 32, TL: Pungo Andongo, Loanda
?Acraea cabia biraca Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 33, TL: Langenburg, Nyassa See
Acraea cabira ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 21]; [BAFR, 129]; [BK, 368]
Acraea (Actinote) cabira ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Triumfetta spp.,
T. tomentosa,
Hemannia spp. [PBSA],
Hibiscus,
Cephalomma [BK]
E.Nigeria, Cameroun - Angola, Uganda, NW.Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Acraea viviana Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 204
Acraea viviana ; [BK, 368]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 3 (text only)]; [BAFR, 129]
Acraea (Actinote) viviana ; [AfrL]
Okavangoland, Moçambique, Botswana, Ghana - E.Africa, Abyssinia. See [About maps]
Falls Acraea
Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 13: 381
Acraea brahmsi Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 15, pl. 3, f. 4
Acraea vinidia diavina Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 31, TL: Viktoria, Camerun
Acraea acerata [Wahlberg]
Acraea acerata ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 1]; [BAFR, 131]; [BK, 367]
Acraea (Actinote) acerata ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Solanum sp. [PBSA],
(J.E.Africa Uganda nat. Hist. Soc. 27: 83)
The oberthuri species-group
Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria - to (S.Zaire, C.Zaire). See [About maps]
?Acraea oberthüri confluens Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 33, TL: Johann-Albrechthöhe, Nord-Camerun
Acraea oberthueri [Wahlberg]
Acraea oberthuri[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 3]
Acraea oberthueri ; [BAFR, 128]
Acraea (Actinote) oberthueri ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Althoff's Acraea
Acraea althoffi ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 8-9]
Acraea (Actinote) althoffi ; [AfrL]
S.Zaire
Acraea althoffi althoffi ; [BAFR, 128]
Acraea (Actinote) althoffi althoffi ; [AfrL]
C.A.R., N.Zaire, E.Zaire - W.Uganda (Bwamba Valley)
Acraea (Actinote) althoffi rubrofasciata ; [AfrL]
Acraea althoffi rubrofasciata ; [BAFR, 128 (text)]
W.Kenya, Uganda (not Bwamba Valley)
Acraea althoffi neavei ; [BAFR, 128]; [BK, 367]
Acraea (Actinote) althoffi neavei ; [AfrL]
Cameroun - Gabon
Acraea althoffi bitjana ; [BAFR, 128]
Acraea (Actinote) althoffi bitjana ; [AfrL]
Nigeria - Ghana, Ivory Coast. See [About maps]
Acraea althoffi pseudepaea ; [BAFR, 128]
Acraea (Actinote) pseudepaea ; [AfrL]
Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea bergeri ; [BAFR, 128 (text)]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) bergeri ; [AfrL]
The pharsalus species-group
Senegal - Angola - Kenya, Tanzania. See [About maps]
Acraea derbela Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 14 : 51, TL: Lake Nyassa
?Acraea pharsalus saluspha Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 34, TL: Usambara; Mhonda; Kilimandjaro
Acraea pharsalus [Wahlberg]
Acraea pharsalus ; [BK, 362]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 17]
Acraea (Actinote) pharsalus ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Ficus [BK]
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, N.Zaire, W.Kenya (W of Rift Valley), W.Tanzania
Acraea pharsalus pharsalus ; [BK, 362 (note)]; [BAFR, 126]
Acraea pharsalus f. nia ; [BAFR, 126, fig.]
Acraea (Actinote) pharsalus pharsalus ; [AfrL]
E.Kenya (E of Rift Valley) - Malawi, Mozambique, E.Kenya - Angola
Acraea pharsaloides Holland, 1892; Entomologist 25 (Suppl.) : 89
Acraea pharsaloides Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 232, pl. 7, f. 3, TL: Kilimanjaro
Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides ; [BAFR, 126 (text)]; [BK, 362 (note)]
Acraea (Actinote) pharsalus pharsaloides ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia
pharsalus rhodina Rothschild, 1902; Novit. Zool. 9: 505
Acraea pharsalus rhodina ; [BAFR, 126 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) pharsalus rhodina ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) pharsalus carmen ; [AfrL]
Acraea vuilloti ; [BAFR, 126]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) vuilloti ; [AfrL]
The circeis species-group
Sierra Leone - Nigeria - N.Angola. See [About maps]
Papilio circeis Drury, [1782]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: index, 24, pl. 18, f. 5-6
Acraea leonina Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 199
Acraea circeis [Wahlberg]
Papilio cirveis[sic] ; Hemming, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl.: 199 (missp.)
Acraea circeis ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 29 (text only)]; [BAFR, 124]
Acraea (Actinote) circeis ; [AfrL]
E.Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea grosvenori ; [BAFR, 122]; [EBW]
Acraea (Actinote) grosvenori ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Penelope's Acraea
Acraea penelope Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 195
Acraea penelope [Wahlberg]
Acraea penelope ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 12]
Acraea (Actinote) penelope ; [AfrL]
Zaire, Uganda
Acraea penelope penelope ; [BAFR, 122]
Acraea penelope penelope f. penalla ; [BAFR, 123, fig.]
Acraea (Actinote) penelope penelope ; [AfrL]
Togo, Bein, Ghana
?Acraea penelope derubescens ; [BAFR, 122 (text)]
W.Kenya (highlands, W of Rift Valley)
Acraea penelope vitrea ; [BAFR, 122 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) penelope vitrea ; [AfrL]
Acraea penelope vitrea ; [BK, 360]
Larva on
Urera [BK]
Nigeria, Cameroun. See [About maps]
Acraea penelope translucida ; [BAFR, 122]
Acraea (Actinote) translucida ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea oreas ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 6]; [EBW]; [BK, 360]
Acraea (Actinote) oreas ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Urera,
Morus [BK]
Kenya, Uganda, E.Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, N.Tanzania, W.Tanzania
Acraea oreas oreas ; [BAFR, 124]
Acraea (Actinote) oreas oreas ; [AfrL]
Angola - S.Zaire (Shaba)
Acraea oreas angolanus ; [BAFR, 124 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) oreas angolanus ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) oreas oboti ; [AfrL]
Cameroun - Zaire - Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Acraea semivitrea ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 27]; [BAFR, 124]; [BK, 361]
Acraea (Actinote) semivitrea ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847; [BK, 358, pl. 52]
Acraea perenna ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 14]
Acraea (Actinote) perenna ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia,
Kolobopetalum,
Mikania,
Bridelia [BK, Someren & Rogers, 1925]
from (Sierra Leone - Angola) - W.Kenya
Acraea perenna perenna ; [BAFR, 126]
Acraea (Actinote) perenna perenna ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia
Acraea perenna kaffana ; [BAFR, 126 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) perenna kaffana ; [AfrL]
E.Kenya (coast) - E.Tanzania, Malawi
Acraea perenna thesprio ; [BAFR, 126]
Acraea (Actinote) perenna thesprio ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea orina ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 7]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) orina ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroun
Acraea orina orina ; [BAFR, 122 (text)]
Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Acraea orina orinata ; [BAFR, 122]
Acraea (Actinote) orinata ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea peneleos [Wahlberg]
Acraea peneleos ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 11]
Acraea (Actinote) peneleos ; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea
Acraea peneleos peneleos ; [BAFR, 122]
Acraea peneleos peneleos f. lactimaculata ; [BAFR, 122, fig.]
Acraea (Actinote) peneleos peneleos ; [AfrL]
W.Kenya - Angola, Zaire, Uganda
Acraea peneleos pelasgius ; [BAFR, 12]; [BK, 361]
Acraea (Actinote) peneleos pelasgius ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Urera [BK]
Acraea (Actinote) peneleos gelonica ; [AfrL]
Cameroun - Zaire. See [About maps]
Acraea pelopeia ; [BAFR, 122]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) pelopeia ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps]
Papilio parrhasia Fabricius, 1793
Acraea parrhasia [Wahlberg]
Papilio parrhasia ; [BAFR, 122]
Acraea parrhasia ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 10]
Acraea (Actinote) parrhasia ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) parrhasia parrhasia ; [AfrL]
from (Nigeria - Angola) - to (Zaire, W.Ugangda)
Acraea servona Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 239
Acraea servona [Wahlberg]
?Acraea servona ; [BK, 360]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 29-30]
Acracea servona servona ; [BAFR, 124 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) parrhasia servona ; [AfrL]
Larva on
(for Acraea servona) Diosscorea smilacifolia [BK, Fontaine, 1988],
Urera Pierre, 1987, Annales Société entomologique de France, (Nouvelle Serie), 23:
NE.Tanzania - Kenya (Teita, Sagala Hills)
Acraea servona orientis ; [BAFR, 124 (text)]; [BK, 360 (note)]
Acraea (Actinote) parrhasia orientis ; [AfrL]
Fernando Póo (Macías Ngema I.)
Acraea servona limonata ; [BAFR, 124]
Acraea (Actinote) parrhasia limonata ; [AfrL]
N.Kenya (Meru, Mt. Kenya, Nyambeni)
Acraea servona kenya ; [BAFR, 124 (text)]; [BK, 360 (note)]
Acraea (Actinote) parrhasia kenya ; [AfrL]
S.Ethiopia, W.Kenya, E.Uganda, C.Uganda
parrhasia rhodina Rothschild & Jordan, 1905²; Novit. Zool. 12: 184 (preocc. Acraea rhodina Rothschild, 1902)
Acraea servona rhodina ; [BAFR, 124]
W.Kenya
Acraea servona subochreata ; [BK, 360 (note)]
E.Zaire (Kivu)
Acraea servona tenebrosa ; [BAFR, 124 (text)]
Ethiopia (highlands). See [About maps]
Acraea ungemachi ; [BAFR, 122]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) ungemachi ; [AfrL]
S.Tanzania, S.Zaire (Shaba), Zambia?. See [About maps]
Acraea kukenthali[sic] ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea kuekenthali ; [BAFR, 140 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) kuekenthali ; [AfrL]
São Thomé I.
Acraea newtoni ; [BAFR, 123]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 53]
Acraea (Actinote) newtoni ; [AfrL]
Congo, Uganda. See [About maps]
mairessei Aurivillius, 1904²; Insekten-Börse 21: 93, f. 33
Acraea mairessei ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 1]; [EBW]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea ntebiae [Wahlberg]
Acraea ntebiae ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) ntebiae ; [AfrL]
C.Zaire, N.Zaire, Uganda
Acraea ntebiae ntebiae ; [BAFR, 123]
Acraea (Actinote) ntebiae ntebiae ; [AfrL]
S.Zaire (Shaba)
Acraea ntebiae dewitzi ; [BAFR, 123 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) ntebiae dewitzi ; [AfrL]
Cameroun
?Acraea ntebiae nyongana ; [BAFR, 123 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) ntebiae kigoma ; [AfrL]
Uganda, S.Sudan, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Acraea melanoxantha ; [BK, 360]; [BAFR, 123]
Acraea (Actinote) melanoxantha ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Adenia [BK, van Someren, 1935]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea conradti ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 28]
Acraea (Actinote) conradti ; [AfrL]
NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts.), Mozambique, S.Kenya
Acraea conradti conradti ; [BAFR, 121]; [BK, 359]
E.Rhodesia - Malawi-Mozabique border (Cholo, Mt. Mlanje). See [About maps]
Acraea conradti vumbui Stevenson, 1934; Occ. Pap. Rhod. Mus. 1 (3): 13
Acraea conradti vumbui ; [BAFR, 121]
Acraea (Actinote) vumbui ; [AfrL]
Cameroun - Zaire. See [About maps]
Acraea buschbecki ; [EBW, (name only)]; [BAFR, 148]
Acraea (Actinote) buschbecki ; [AfrL]
The masamba species-group
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Acraea masamba; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 49#]
Acraea masamba ; [BAFR, 120]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) masamba ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Gray Acraea
Acraea cinerea ; [BAFR, 123]; [EBW]
Acraea (Actinote) cinerea ; [AfrL]
Zaire, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, W.Kenya
Acraea cinerea cinerea ; [BK, 358, pl. 52]
Acraea (Actinote) cinerea cinerea ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) cinerea luluae ; [AfrL]
Zululand, Rhodesia, Mozambique, NE.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Acraea igola Trimen, 1889; South-African Butts 3: 379
Acraea igola [Wahlberg]
Acraea igola ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 41]; [BAFR, 120]
Acraea (Actinote) igola ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Urera woodii [PBSA]
Kenya (coastal). See [About maps]
Aubyn Rogers' Acraea
Acraea aubyni ; [BAFR, 120]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 14]; [BK, 359]
Acraea (Actinote) aubyni ; [AfrL]
Sesse Is. in L. Victoria
Acraea simulata ; [BAFR, 120 (text)]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) simulata ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea orestia ; [BK, 369]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 8]
Acraea (Actinote) orestia ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Fleurya [BK]
Nigeria, Angola - Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya
Acraea orestia orestia ; [BAFR, 120]
Acraea (Actinote) orestia orestia ; [AfrL]
NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts.)
Acraea orestia sambar ; [BAFR, 120 (text)]
Acraea sambar ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) orestia sambar ; [AfrL]
E.Zaire - Uganda, W.Kenya, NW.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Acraea quirinalis ; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 21]; [BAFR, 120]; [BK, 361]
Acraea (Actinote) quirinalis ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Urera [BK, van Someren, 1935]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Acraea strattipocles ; [BAFR, 120]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 41 (text only)]
Acraea (Actinote) strattipocles ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Acraea siliana ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) siliana ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
The jodutta species-group
-. See [About maps]
Papilio jodutta Fabricius, 1793
Acraea jodutta [Wahlberg]
Acraea jodutta ; [BK, 364]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 43]
Acraea (Actinote) jodutta ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Fleurya? [BK, van Someren & Rogers, 1926]
Senegal - Uganda, W.Kenya
Acraea jodutta jodutta ; [BAFR, 134]
Acraea (Actinote) jodutta jodutta ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia
Acraea jodutta aethiops ; [BAFR, 134 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) jodutta aethiops ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea lycoa Godart, [1819]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 239
Acraea lycoa [Wahlberg]
Acraea lycoa ; [BK, 365]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 47]
Acraea (Actinote) lycoa ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Aneleima,
Fleurya,
Pouzolzia [BK]
Sierra Leone - Nigeria
Acraea lycoa lycoa ; [BAFR, 135]
S.Ethiopia
?Acraea lycoa aequalis ; [BAFR, 135 (text)]
Zaire
Acraea [?lycoa f.] eltringhami Schouteden, 1919; Rev. zool. afr. 6: 162
Acraea lycoa eltringhami ; [BAFR, 135 (text)]
C.Uganda, E.Uganda
?Acraea lycoa entebbia ; [BAFR, 135]
N.Tanzania (Mt. Meru, Mt. Kilimanjaro)
?Acraea lycoa fallax ; [BAFR, 135]
E.Kenya (E of the Rift Valley)
?Acraea lycoa kenia ; [BK, 365 (note)]
Acraea lycoa kenya ; [BAFR, 135 (text)]
NW.Tanzania, E.Zaire (Kivu), S.Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
Acraea lycoa stonehami D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 135 (repl. Acraea lycoa bukoba Eltringham)
Acraea lycoa bukoba Eltringham; (preocc.)
W.Kenya (W of the Rift Valley)
?Acraea lycoa tirika ; [BK, 365 (note)]
Acraea lycoa tirika ; [BAFR, 135 (text)]
Acraea johnstoni f. praelongata Joicey & Talbot, 1927; Encycl. Ent. (B III) 2 (1): 13
Acraea johnstoni praelongata Hancock & Heath, 1988
Acraea lycoa kindua Ackery, 1995
= ; Heath, Newport & Hancock, 2001, The Butterflies of Zambia:
Acraea (Actinote) lycoa praelongata ; Heath, Newport & Hancock, 2001, The Butterflies of Zambia:
São Thomé
Acraea niobe ; [BAFR, 143]; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 54]; [EBW]
Acraea (Acraea) niobe ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea amicitiae ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 10]; [EBW]
Acraea (Actinote) amicitiae ; [AfrL]
Uganda-Zaire border (Ruwenzori Mts.)
Acraea amicitiae amicitiae ; [BAFR, 115]
E.Zaire (Kivu), SW.Uganda (Kigezi)
?Acraea amicitiae polychroma ; [BAFR, 115 (text)]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea ansorgei ; [EBW]
Acraea (Actinote) ansorgei ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Urera [BK, van Someren & Rogers, 1926]
montane forests (Kenya, Uganda)
Acraea ansorgei ansorgei ; [BK, 363]; [BAFR, 133]
Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia. See [About maps]
Acraea ansorgei acuta ; [BAFR, 133]
Acraea (Actinote) acuta ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) acuta acuta ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) acuta ngorongoro ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) acuta nigromaculata ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) acuta rubrobasalis ; [AfrL]
Liberia - Kenya, Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Aurivillius' Acraea
Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 209, pl. 2, f. 2
Acraea aurivillii ; Pierre, 1981, Annales Société entomologique de France, (Nouvelle Serie), 17; [BK, 364]
Acraea (Actinote) aurivillii ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Urera,
Pouzolzia,
Fleurya [BK]
Acraea (Actinote) aurivillii aurivillii ; [AfrL]
Uganda, W.Kenya
?Acraea alciope bombensis ; [BAFR, 134 (text)]
just guessing that bombensis might go under aurivillii -- msa
Ethiopia
Acraea (Actinote) aurivillii schecana ; [AfrL]
Acraea alciope schecana ; [BAFR, 134 (text)]
W.Uganda, E.Zaire. See [About maps]
Acraea alciopoides ; [BAFR, 134]; [EBW]
Acraea (Actinote) alciopoides ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea safie; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 25], TL: 3
Acraea (Actinote) safie ; [AfrL]
N.Ethiopia, C.Ethiopia
Acraea safie safie ; [BAFR, 123]
Acraea (Actinote) safie safie ; [AfrL]
W.Ethiopia, S.Ethiopia
Acraea safie antinorii ; [BAFR, 123]
Acraea (Actinote) safie antinorii ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Baxter's Acraea
Acraea baxteri ; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) baxteri ; [AfrL]
N.Malawi, S.Tanzania
Acraea baxteri baxteri ; [BAFR, 115]
Acraea (Actinote) baxteri baxteri ; [AfrL]
Kenya, NE.Uganda
Acraea baxteri philos ; [BK, 359]; [BAFR, 115]
Acraea (Actinote) baxteri philos ; [AfrL]
NE.Tanzania
Acraea baxteri subsquamia ; [BAFR, 115 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) baxteri subsquamia ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) baxteri oldeani ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Acraea (Actinote) disjuncta ; [AfrL]
W.Kenya, Uganda (not Toro, not Kigezi)
Acraea disjuncta disjuncta ; [BAFR, 133 (text)]; [BK, 363]
Acraea (Actinote) disjuncta disjuncta ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Urera [BK, van Someren, 1935]
Uganda (Toro, Kigezi)
Acraea (Actinote) disjuncta kigeziensis ; [AfrL]
Acraea disjuncta kigeziensis ; [BAFR, 133]
Nigeria. See [About maps]
Acraea actinotina ; [BAFR, 132]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) actinotina ; [AfrL]
Natal - Rhodesia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola, Tanzania, E.Kenya (E of Rift Valley). See [About maps]
Dusky Acraea
Acraea esebria Hewitson, 1861; Exot. Butt. 2: pl. 20
Planema jacksoni Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (28) : 335, TL: [East Africa]
Acraea esebria f. protea Trimen; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 34 (text only)]
Acraea esebria f. monteironis Butler; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 34 (text only)]
Acraea esebria esebria ; [BK, 364]
Acraea esebria ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 35-36]
Acraea (Actinote) esebria ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Fleurya mitis,
Pouzolzia procridioides,
Urera tenax [PBSA]
Acraea (Actinote) masaris ; [AfrL]
Comoro Is.
Acraea esebria masaris ; [BAFR, 134 (text)]
Acraea (Actinote) masaris masaris ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) masaris jodina ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Johnston's Acraea
Acraea johnstoni ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 44]
Acraea johnstoni f. pretiosa ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 44 (text only)]
Acraea (Actinote) johnstoni ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia - Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia
Acraea johnstoni johnstoni ; [BK, 365]; [BAFR, 136]
Larva on
Pouzolzia,
Fleurya,
Urera [BK, van Someren & Rogers, 1926]
Rhodesia, Moçambique
Planema confusa Rogenhofer, 1891; in Baumann, Usambara un Seine Nachbargebiete, Suppl.: 326
W.Uganda, E.Zaire (Kivu)
?Acraea johnstoni butleri ; [BAFR, 136]
Acraea butleri ; [BOW: pl. 108, f. 18]
São Tomé
Acraea insularis ; [BAFR, 126]; [EBW, (name only)]
Acraea (Actinote) insularis ; [AfrL]
Planema haydni Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 34, pl. 2, f. 7-8, TL: Nguelo, Usambara
Acraea (Acraea) adrasta ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) adrasta adrasta ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) adrasta pancalis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) aganice ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) aganice aganice ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) aganice montana ; [AfrL]
Planema aganice nicega Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 38, TL: Langenburg, Nyassa See
Acraea (Acraea) aganice nicega ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) aganice nyassae ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) aganice orientalis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) aganice ugandae ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) alcinoe ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) alcinoe alcinoe ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) alcinoe camerunica ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) alcinoe nado ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) alcinoe racaji ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) annonae ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) bellona ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) bergeriana ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) brainei ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) consanguinea ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) consanguinea consanguinea ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) consanguinea albicolor ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) consanguinea sartina ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) dondoensis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) elongata ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Papilio epaea Cramer, 1779
Acraea epaea [Wahlberg]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea epaea ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea epitellus ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea paragea ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea melina ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Congo
Planema epaea lutosa Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 36, TL: Mukenge; Camerun
Acraea (Acraea) epaea lutosa ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea homochroa ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea kivuana ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea bicolorata ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea insulana ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) epaea angustifasciata ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) excisa ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) indentata ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) intermediodes ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) kappa ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) kia ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) kinduana ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) lapidorum ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) leopoldina ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) leopoldina leopoldina ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) leopoldina brevimacula ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) leopoldina macrosticha ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) loranae ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
macarista (Sharpe, 1906); Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 18: 76
?Planema formosa moforsa Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 37, TL: Mukenge
Acraea (Acraea) macarista ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) macarista macarista ; [AfrL]
Cameroons, ...
Planema formosa latefasciata Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 37, TL: Jaunde, Camerun
Acraea (Acraea) macarista latefasciata ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) obliqua ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) obliqua obliqua ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) obliqua elgonense ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) obliqua kivuensis ; [AfrL]
Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Acraea oscari ; [BAFR, 144]; [BOW: pl. 109, f. 9]
Acraea (Acraea) oscari ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) overlaeti ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) persanguinea ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) poggei ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) poggei poggei ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) poggei nelsoni ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) poggei ras ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Acraea nohara pseudatolmis Eltringham, 1912; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1912: 130
Acraea pseudatolmis ; [BAFR, 146]
Acraea (Acraea) pseudatolmis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) pseuderyta ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor quadricolor ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor latifasciata ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor itumbana ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor leptis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor morogoro ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor mahale ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor uluguru ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) scalivittata ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) scalivittata scalivittata ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) scalivittata kiellandianus ; [AfrL]
?Planema tellus lustella Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 36, TL: Camerun, Barombi Station
Acraea (Acraea) tellus ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) tellus tellus ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) tellus eumelis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) tellus schubotzi ; [AfrL]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Acraea masamba var. silia Mabille, [1885]; Hist. Madag. Lepid. 1: 105[?], pl. 9a, f. 4 [lectotype, Lees]
Acraea masamba r. debilis Oberthür
Acraea silia ; [BAFR, 121]
Acraea (Actinote) silia ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) turlini ; [AfrL]
?Planema umbra rabuma Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 38
Acraea umbra [Wahlberg]
Acraea (Acraea) umbra ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) umbra umbra ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) umbra macarioides ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) umbra hemileuca ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) umbra carpenteri ; [AfrL]
Acraea vestalis [Wahlberg]
Acraea (Acraea) vestalis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) vestalis vestalis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) vestalis congoensis ; [AfrL]
Planema vestalis stavelia Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 39, TL: ? Camerun; Togo
Acraea (Acraea) vestalis stavelia ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Acraea) zoumi ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) alalonga ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) alticola ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) encoda ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) hecqui ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) induna ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) induna induna ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) induna salmontana ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) parei ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) parei orangica ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) parei parei ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) pierrei ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) polis ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) simulator ; [AfrL]
Acraea (Actinote) toruna ; [AfrL]
?acutipennis Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923; Ergebn. D.Z.-Afr. 2tn. Exp. 1 (17): 1140 (preoc. Lathy, 1906)
?Acraea acutipennis ; [EBW, (name only)]
zambesina Aurivillius, 1908²; Ark. Zool. 5 (?5): 123
Acraea zambesina ; [EBW, (name only)]
mima Neave, 1910²; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910: 22, pl. 1, f. 8-9
Acraea mima ; [EBW, (name only)]
Cameroun. See [About maps]
Arcraea rupicola Schultze, 1912; Ent. Rundsch. 29: 92
Acraea rubicola[sic?] ; [BAFR, 131 (text)]; [EBW, (name only)]
pullula Grünberg, 1911²; Dt. Zent. Af. Exp.: 516, pl. 11, f. 7, TL: Rhodesia?
Acraea pullula ; [EBW, (name only)]
Unknown taxa
Acraea abbottii Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 233, pl. 7, f. 1
6.3.2010 (248)
- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [AfrL]
- Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
- [BAFR]
- D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
- [BAUR]
- D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
- [BHL]
- The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
- [BHR]
- D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III
- [BIR]
- Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
- [BK]
- Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
- [BMP]
- Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
- [BOR]
- D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
- [BOW]
- Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
- [Don Herbison-Evans]
- and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
- [EBW]
- Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
- [EOB]
- Feltwell, J.; The Encyclopedia of Butterflies; Prentice Hall, 1993; ISBN 0-671-86828-4
- [HBN]
- Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
- [LAMAS-NEO]
- Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
- [MRS]
- Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
- [MadL]
- Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.
- [NHM]
- Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- [Oleg Kosterin]
- Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
- [Olli Vesikko]
- http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
- [PBSA]
- Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978
- [Wahlberg]
- Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
- [Yutaka Inayoshi]
- A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
- [²]
- This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.
- Some related literature:
- Aurivillius, 1913
- Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter
in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13
: 1-613, pl. 1-80
- Bethune-Baker, 1904
- On new Species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81)
: 222-233
- Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Descriptions of new Rhopalocera from the Upper Congo
Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12)
: 469-482
- Boisduval, 1833
- Description de quatre nouvelles espéces de Noctuélides
Ann. Soc. Ent. France 2: 373-378, 1pl
- Boisduval, 1833
- Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres
Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.
: 1-122, pl. 1-16
(Repaged offprint from Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 2 (2): 149-270)
- Boisduval, 1847
- Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844
in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614
- Butler, 1883
- On some Lepidoptera from the Victoria Nyanza
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68)
: 101-107
- Butler, 1896
- A new Butterfly of the Genus Acraea from Tugela, S.Africa
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18 (108)
: 467
- Doubleday, [1847]; Doubleday, [1848]
- The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson
Gen. diurn. Lep.
(1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846)
19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847)
133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848)
201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849)
243-250 [?]
(2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850)
327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851)
467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
- Druce, 1875
- A list of the collection of diurnal Lepidoptera made by J.J. Monteiro in Angola, ...
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 406-417
- Drury, [1782]
- Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...
Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: 76pp, 50pls
- K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991
- Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne
Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
- Eltringham, 1912
- A monograph of the African species of the genus Acraea Fab.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1912: 1-374
- Fabricius, 1775
- Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus.
Syst. Ent.: 832pp
- Fabricius, 1807
- Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx
Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295
- Grose-Smith, 1887
- Descriptions of nine new Species of African Butterflies
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109)
: 62-66
- Grose-Smith, 1889
- Descriptions of twenty-four new Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. Last in the neighbourhood of Mombasa, Eeas Coast of Africa, in the Collection of Mr. H. Grose Smith
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14)
: 121-137
- Hemming, 1967
- Generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl.: -
- Hewitson, 1865
- Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson (1862-1865)
Ill. exot. Butts 3
(41): [79-82],[105-106], pl. [40-41],[53] (1862)
(42): [59-60],[83-84],[107-108], pl. [30],[42],[54] (1862)
(43): [69-70],[73-74],[85-86], pl. [35],[37],[43] (1862)
(44): [7-8],[67-68],[97-98], pl. [4],[34],[49] (1862)
(45): [29-30],[65-66] (1863)
(46): [61-62],[75-78],[101-102], pl. [31],[38-39],[51] (1863)
(47): [13-14],[99-100],[115-116], pl. [7],[50],[58] (1863)
(48): [63-64],[71-72],[117-118], pl. [32],[36],[59] (1863)
(49): [1-2],[17-18],[27-28], pl. [1],[9],[14] (1864)
(50): [19-24], pl. [10-12] (1864)
(51): [25-26],[33-34],[55-56], pl. [13],[17],[28] (1864)
(52): [41-42],[87-90], pl. [21],[44-45] (1864)
(53): [3-4],[31-32],[43-46], pl. [2],[16],[22-23] (1865)
(54): [5-6],[35-36], pl. [3],[18] (1865)
(55): [15-16],[109-112], pl. [8],[55-56] (1865)
(56): [37-38],[45-46],[95-96], pl. [19],[23],[48] (1865)
(57): [49-50],[91-92],[103-104],[119-120], pl. [25],[46],[52],[60] (1866)
(58): [51-52],[57-58], pl. [26],[29] (1866)
(59): [9-10],[39-40],[93-94], pl. [5],[20],[47] (1866)
(60): [11-12],[53-54],[113-114],[121-124], pl. [6],[27],[57] (1866)
- Hewitson, 1877
- Descriptions of four new species of Acraea from Lake Nyassa
Ent. mon. Mag. 14
: 51-52
- Holland, 1892
- Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera
Entomologist 25 (Suppl.)
: 89-95
- Holland, 1896
- List of the Lepidoptera Collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbot, with descriptions of some apparently new Species
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062)
: 229-258, pl. 7-8
- Holland, 1896
- List of the Lepidoptera Collected in East Africa, 1894, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieut. Ludwig von Höhnel
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1098)
: 741-767
- Hübner, [1819]
- Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826]
Verz. bek. Schmett.
(1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816)
(2): 17-32 (1819)
(3): 33-48 (1819)
(4): 49-64 (1819)
(5): 65-80 (1819)
(6): 81-96 (1819)
(7): 97-112 (1819)
(8): 113-128 (1819)
(9): 129-144 (1819)
(10): 145-160 (1819)
(11): 161-176 (1819)
(12): 177-192 (1820)
(13): 193-208 (1820)
(14): 209-224 (1821)
(15): 225-240 (1821)
(16): 241-256 (1821)
(17): 257-272 (1823)
(18): 273-288 (1823)
(19): 289-304 (1823)
(20): 305-320 (1825)
(21): 321-336 (1825)
(22): 337-352 (1825)
(23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
- Joicey & Talbot, 1927
- New forms of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Encycl. Ent. (B III) 2 (1): 1-14
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition
Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1
: 1-338
339-824
- Linnaeus, 1764
- Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque
Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]
- Moore, 1901
- -
Lepidoptera Indica, 5: viii, 248pp., pls 379-466, (1901) 1-96, (1902-1903) 97-248 [?-225],
- Oberthür, 1893
- Lépidoptères d'Afrique
Étud. d'Ent. 17
: 17-33, pl. 1-3
- Pierre, 1981
- Deux éspèces-jumelles confondues sous le nom Acraea alciope Hewitson (Lepidoptera; Acraeidae)
Annales Société entomologique de France, (Nouvelle Serie), 17: 349-57
- Pierre, 1987
- Systematique cladistique chez les Acraea (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Annales Société entomologique de France, (Nouvelle Serie), 23: 11-27
- Pierre, 1987
- Les Acraea du group 'acrita': révision, éspèces nouvelles, phylogenie
Nouvelle Révue d'Entomologie, (Nouvelle Serie), 4: 5-27
- Pierre & Bernaud, 2002
- Premiers etats d'Acraea rahira Boisduval
Lambillionea 102 (3, I): 245-250
- Ribbe, 1889
- Zwei neue Tagschmetterlinge aus Afrika
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1)
: 181-182, pl. 4
- Rothschild, 1902
- New N.E. African Lepidoptera discovered by Oscar Neumann
Novit. Zool. 9: 595-598
- Sharpe, 1890
- Descriptions of new Species of East-African Butterflies
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (28)
: 335-336
- Sharpe, 1890
- Further Descriptions of Butterflies and Moths collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson in Eastern Africa
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (30)
: 440-443
- van Someren, 1925
- Butterflies of Kenya and Uganda II (Acraeinae)
J. E.Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 23[?]: 105-145
- van Son, 1963
- The Butterflies of Southern Africa 3. Nymphalidae: Acraenae
Transv. Mus. Mem. 14: 14,39
- Staudinger, 1896
- Neue exotische Tagfalter
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9
(1): 193-224, pl. 1-2 (July 1896)
(2): 225-240, pl. 5 (Jan. 1897)
- Stevenson, 1934
- New South African butterflies
Occ. Pap. Rhod. Mus. 1 (3): 10-28, 1pl
- Suffert, 1904
- Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1)
: 12-107, pl.
- Suffert, 1904
- Neue Tagfalter aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1)
: 124-132
- Trimen, 1868
- On some undescribed Species of South Africa Butterflies, including a new Genus of Lycaenidae
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1868: 69-96, 2pls
- Wallengren, 1860
- Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen
Wien ent. Monatschr. 4 (2): 33-46 (47?)
- Ward, 1871
- Descriptions of new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera
Ent. mon. Mag. 8
: 34-36, 58-60, 81-82, 118-122
- Ward, 1873
- Descriptions of new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera
Ent. mon. Mag. 10
: 151-152
- Weymer, 1903
- Einige afrikanische Lepidopteren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1)
: 221-235
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1308x1000 (~169Kb) upperside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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765x816 (~76Kb) underside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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