Acraea sambavae explained

Acraea sambavae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.^[1]

Description

A. sambavae Ward is very similar to the last two species [''[[Acraea strattipocles|A. strattipocles]], A. masamba ], but has a more brownish red colour on the upper surface and differs especially in having the marginal band of the hindwing replaced by large black spots at the extremities of the veins; these spots touch one another at the distal margin, but are otherwise quite free; the inner margin of the hindwing broadly whitish yellow. Madagascar.^[2]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy

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

External links

• Images representing Acraea sambavae at Bold.
• Acraea sambavae at Pteron

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini . 2012-06-05 . 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