Acraea intermediodes explained

Acraea intermediodes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Lomani, Kabinda, Lualaba) and north-eastern Zambia.^[1]

Description

A. intermedia Wichgr. entirely agrees with the type-form of caldarena except that discal dots 4 and 5 of the forewing are placed nearer to the apex of the cell than to the black apical spot and that the female has a broad white subapical band on the forewing. Rhodesia and southern Congo. ^[2]

Taxonomy

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

External links

• intermediodes Dominique Bernaud fiche

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini . 2012-06-01 . 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