Acraea newtoni explained

Acraea newtoni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on São Tomé Island.^[1]

Description

A. newtoni E. Sharpe. Forewing blackish with a rounded whitish spot in 2 and a whitish subapical band in 4-6; hindwing blackish above, just beyond the apex of the cell with a red-yellow median band, of a uniform breadth of 3 mm., which does not quite reach the inner margin, beneath greenish light grey with black dots as far as the apex of the cell, otherwise as above. Island of Sao Thome; only one male known. ^[2]

Taxonomy

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

External links

• Images representing Acraea newtoni at Bold.

Notes and References

1. Rain Forests of São Tomé and Príncipe: Butterflies and Conservation. Tropical Lepidoptera. Pyrcz, T.W.. 1992. 3. 2. 95–100.
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