''Acraea silia'' 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
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. It is found on
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
Description
Very close to ''
Acraea masamba
''Acraea masamba '' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. The habitat consists of forests. Description
''A. masamba'' Ward (56 g) closely approximates to the two preceding species ''Acraea igola'' , ''Acraea strat ...
'' q.v. for differences
Biology
The habitat consists of forests.
Taxonomy
Uncertain species group but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014
[ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea']
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References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56
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Butterflies described in 1885
silia
Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Paul Mabille
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