Английская Википедия:Acraea ntebiae

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Acraea ntebiae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[1]

Description

Шаблон:Entomology glossary hatnote A. mairessei Auriv. Wings above fully scaled, black with 6 semitransparent white spots on the forewing (in 1 b, 2, 4-6 and in the apex of the cell) and a sulphur-yellow median band on the hindwing, formed as in melanoxantha Beneath the ground-colour of the hindwing and 8 or 9 elongate marginal spots on the forewing are bright sulphur-yellow; the veins of both wings very broadly edged with black at the distal margin; the streaks on the interneural folds are very short and thick, more like spots, and do not nearly reach the distal margin; cell of the hindwing only with one black dot. Congo and Uganda. - f. dewitzi Auriv. only differs in having the median band on the upperside of the hindwing red-yellow and the white spots in 1 b and the cell of the fore wing smaller. Congo region: Kassai. [2]

Subspecies

  • Acraea ntebiae ntebiae (central and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Acraea ntebiae dewitzi Carcasson, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Shaba, Zambia)
  • Acraea ntebiae kigoma Kielland, 1978 (Tanzania: Mount Mahale)

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed from flowers on trees and shrubs.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [3]


References

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External links

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  1. Шаблон:Cite web
  2. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Шаблон:PD-notice
  3. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf