Acraea eugenia explained

Acraea eugenia, the small smoky acraea , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Togo, western Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tanganika) and Uganda.^[1]

Description

A. eugenia Karsch (53 b). Forewing diaphanous or somewhat smoky and entirely without markings. Hindwing above whitish or slightly yellowish to the discal dots, with basal and discal dots but without submarginal ones; marginal band somewhat smoky and at least 6 mm. in breadth. Togoland and Angola.-ochreata Grünb. Wings darker and more densely scaled; forewing with distinct transverse spot at the apex of the cell; hindwing from the base to beyond the middle scaled with yellow-brown on both surfaces. Spanish Guinea. ^[2]

Biology

The habitat consists of open bushland near forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

Etymology

The name honours Empress Eugénie.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group. But see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.^[3]

• Acraea (group horta) Henning, 1993, Metamorphosis 4 (1): 8
• Acraea (Acraea) (subgroup dammii) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013, Butterflies of the World 39: 5, pl. 17, f. 1-3

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 60 a

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. 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