Acraea conradti explained

Acraea conradti is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania (from the north-east to the Usambara Mountains) and Mozambique.^[1]

Description

A. conradti Oberth. (56 f) differs from all the preceding similarly coloured and marked species [members of the ''[[Acraea masamba]] species group.] in having the apical half of the forewing densely scaled without vitreous spot in 3 but with sharply defined white spots in 4 to 6 and especially in having the veins of the hindwing beneath broadly black at the distal margin and the streaks short and thickened, coniform. Nyassaland and German East Africa. ^[2]

Taxonomy

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

External links

• Images representing Acraea conradti at Bold
• Images representing Acraea conradti vumbui at Bold

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini . 2012-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810134550/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc . 2012-08-10 . dead .
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.
3. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf