''Acraea lualabae'' 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 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 ...
(Shaba).
Description
In 1912,
Harry Eltringham
Harry Eltringham FRS (18 May 1873, South Shields – 26 November 1941, Stroud) was an English histologist and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Life
He had been awarded a Master of Science (Cantab and Oxon) and a Doctor o ...
wrote:
Description in Seitz
''A. lualabae'' Neave is very similar to the two following species
A. chaeribula'', ''Acraea acrita">A. acrita'' ">Acraea chaeribula">A. chaeribula'', ''Acraea acrita">A. acrita'' , scarcely differing except in the forewing having two to four discal dots in cellules 3 to 6. Both wings above orange-yellow with large black
dots; apical spot of the forewing about 8 mm. in breadth, indicated beneath also; marginal band of the hindwing on both surfaces with large light spots; hindwing above blackish at the base. Congo: Lualaba.
Taxonomy
''Acraea lualabae'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita'' species group. The clade members are:
*''Acraea lualabae''
*''Acraea acrita''
*''Acraea chaeribula''
*''Acraea eltringhamiana''
*''Acraea guluensis''
*''Acraea manca''
*''Acraea pudorina''
*''
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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Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud
*''Acraea'' (group ''acrita'') Henning, 1993
*''Acraea'' (''Rubraea'') Henning & Williams, 2010
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') (subgroup ''acrita'') Pierre & Bernaud, 2013
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') Groupe ''egina'' Pierre & Bernaud, 2014
[Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea']
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Etymology
Lualaba is in the Congo.
References
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Butterflies described in 1910
lualabae
Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Butterflies of Africa