Acraea kaduna
| Acraea kaduna | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. kaduna |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea kaduna | |
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Acraea kaduna, the Kaduna acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria.[3] The habitat consists of flood plains and swamps around Kaduna and Zaria.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Acraea kaduna.
- ^ Pierre, J. 1993. Acraea kaduna nouvelle espece du groupe anacreon, au Nigeria (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 98 (3): 287-290.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine