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Acraea miranda

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Acraea miranda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. miranda
Binomial name
Acraea miranda
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) miranda
  • Acraea miranda f. selousi Riley, 1920

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

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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

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  1. ^ Riley, N. D. 1920 A note on some African Rhopalocera Entomologist 53: 73-75
  2. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  4. ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf