Acraea eltringhamiana explained

Acraea eltringhamiana is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zambia (from the northern part of the country to Lake Bangweulu) and the south-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1]

Acraea eltringhamiana is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The clade members are:

• Acraea eltringhamiana
• Acraea acrita
• Acraea chaeribula
• Acraea guluensis
• Acraea lualabae
• Acraea manca
• Acraea pudorina
• Acraea utengulensis
• Acraea (group horta) Henning, 1993^[2]
• Acraea (Acraea) Henning & Williams, 2010,^[3]
• Acraea (Acraea) (subgroup insignis) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013^[4]
• Acraea (Acraea) group egina Pierre & Bernaud, 2014

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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, G.A., 1993 Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Metamorphosis 4 (1): 5-18, (2): 53-68
3. Henning, G.A. & Williams, M.C. 2010 Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical taxa of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Metamorphosis 21 (1) : 2-38
4. Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers
5. Pierre. J. & Bernau.D. 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf