Acraea safie explained

Acraea safie is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia.[1]

Description

A. safie Fldr. (57 b) is a small, very distinct species. Both wings densely scaled, black-brown above; the forewing with three white subapical spots in 4-6 and a yellow spot in 1 b and in 2, the hindwing with a narrow yellow median band, more or less broken up into spots; on the under surface the fore wing is black with sulphur-yellow marginal band striped with black and light discal spots as above; the ground-colour of the hindwing beneath is a lighter or darker yellowish, with or without indication of a median band; black basal dots reduced; marginal streaks fine, occasionally at the proximal end with punctiform thickening. Abyssinia.- f. antinorii Oberth. only differs in having the median band on the upperside of the hindwing absent or incomplete. Abyssinia. [2]

Subspecies

Taxonomy

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

External links

Notes and References

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