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Acraea egina (Cramer, [1775])

Самец (Acraea egina)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Acraea egina (Cramer, [1775]) = Papilio egina Cramer, [1775] = Papilio rudolphina Herbst, 1792 = Papilio persephone Fabricius, 1793 = zidora Godart, 1819 = Acraea (Acraea) egina. [9]

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Wingspan

60—90 mm.

Самец (Acraea egina)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • All of tropical Africa to the north of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. [15].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan 6 to 9 cm [15].

General info about Imago

  • Years usually at a height of 2-3 m, rarely visits flowers. [15].

Subspecies of Acraea egina

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Igor Ivannikov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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03.03.2016 2:31, Peter Khramov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 60—90 mm.

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