''Acraea eltringhamiana'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...
(from the northern part of the country to
Lake Bangweulu
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) and the south-eastern part of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
.
''Acraea eltringhamiana'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita''
species group. The
clade
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...
members are:
*''Acraea eltringhamiana''
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Acraea acrita
''Acraea acrita'', the fiery acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in large parts of Africa.
Description
The wingspan is 45–55 mm.
''A. acrita'' is very variable, but may always be known by the veins not being b ...
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Acraea chaeribula''
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Acraea guluensis
''Acraea guluensis'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
Taxonomy
''Acraea guluensis'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita'' species group. The clade members are:
*''Acraea guluensis''
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Acraea lualabae
''Acraea lualabae'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).
Description
In 1912, Harry Eltringham wrote:
Description in Seitz
''A. lualabae'' Neave is very similar to the two fol ...
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Acraea manca''
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Acraea pudorina''
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Acraea utengulensis
''Acraea utengulensis'', the Tanzanian fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern and central Tanzania and Zambia.
Taxonomy
''Acraea utengulensis'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita'' species group. The cl ...
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*''Acraea'' (group ''horta'') Henning, 1993
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') Henning & Williams, 2010,
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') (subgroup ''insignis'') Pierre & Bernaud, 2013
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') group ''egina'' Pierre & Bernaud, 2014
[Pierre. J. & Bernau.D. 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea']
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References
Butterflies described in 1932
eltringhamiana
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Charles Le Doux
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