Acraea chilo

Acraea chilo is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2]

Acraea chilo
male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. chilo
Binomial name
Acraea chilo
Godman, 1880[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) chilo
  • Acraea crystallina Grose-Smith, 1890
  • Acraea rosina Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Telchinia rosina
  • Acraea hoehneli Holland, 1896
  • Acraea wissmanni Weymer, 1903

Subspecies
  • Acraea chilo chilo — Sudan, southern Ethiopia, eastern and central Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania, Somalia
  • Acraea chilo yemensis Le Doux, 1931 — south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen

References
  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-30.


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