Acraea masaris

Acraea masaris
Acraea masaris masaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. masaris
Binomial name
Acraea masaris
range
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) masaris
  • Acraea esebria masaris

Acraea masaris is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Comoros.[3]

Subspecies

  • Acraea masaris masaris (Comoros)
  • Acraea masaris jodina Pierre, 1992 (Comoros)

Similar species

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea jodutta species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

References

  1. ^ Oberthür, C. 1893. Lepidopteres d’Afrique. Etudes d’Entomologie 17: 17-36.
  2. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
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