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Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго  (Acraea zetes)

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Papilionoidea family Nymphalidae subfamily Heliconiinae tribe Acraeini genus Acraea → species Acraea zetes

Species name(s)

Acraea zetes (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio zetes Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio menippe Drury, 1782 = mycenaea Hübner, [1819] = zethea Godart, 1819 = jalema Godart, 1819 = zethes Staudinger, 1885 = Acraea (Acraea) zetes. [9]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:56275

Wingspan

65—70 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Sub-Saharan Africa. [15].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The wingspan is 6.5 to 7 cm. Females are brighter than males. [15].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Passion flowers: moduk, adenia and others. [15].

Subspecies of Acraea zetes

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photo: Igor Ivannikov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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03.03.2016 14:27, Peter Khramov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 65—70 mm.

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