Acraea bellona explained

Acraea bellona is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola.^[1]

Description

Close to Acraea acrita qv.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea acrita species group.

• Acraea (group acrita) Henning, 1993, Metamorphosis 4 (1): 12 ^[2]
• Acraea (Acraea) (supraspecies acrita) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013, Butterflies of the World 39: 2, pl. 4, f. 11-12 ^[3]
• Acraea (Rubraea) Henning & Williams, 2010, Metamorphosis 21 (1): 10 ^[4]

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 f

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini . 2012-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810134550/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc . 2012-08-10 . dead .
2. Henning, 1993Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Metamorphosis 4 (1): 5-18, (2): 53-68
3. Pierre & Bernaud, 2013Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28
4. Henning & Williams, 2010 in Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007)