Acraea medea

Acraea medea is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of Príncipe.[2] It is also considered a subspecies of Acraea egina, Acraea egina medea.[3][1]

The synonym Papilio medea was also applied (also in 1775, but apparently regarded as invalid) to the species now known as Catonephele acontius

Acraea medea
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. medea
Binomial name
Acraea medea
(Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio medea Cramer, 1775 (nec Fabricius)
  • Acraea (Acraea) medea
  • Papilio pasiphae Fabricius, 1781
  • Telchinia saronis Hübner, 1819
  • Acraea egina medea Eltringham, 1912

References
  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Pyrcz, T.W. (1992). "Rain Forests of São Tomé and Príncipe: Butterflies and Conservation" (PDF). Tropical Lepidoptera. 3 (2): 95–100.
  3. "Acraea egina medea". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 November 2018.


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