Acraea loranae

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Acraea loranae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. loranae
Binomial name
Acraea loranae
Pierre, 1987 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) loranae

Acraea loranae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).[3]

Taxonomy[edit]

It is a member of the Acraea acrita species group.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pierre, J. 1987. Les Acraea du groupe ‘acrita’: revision, especes nouvelles, phylogenie (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Nouvelle Revue d’Entomologie (N.S.) 4 (1): 5-27.
  2. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.