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Acraea excelsior

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| taxon = Acraea excelsior

| authority = Sharpe, 1891 Sharpe, E.M. B. 1891 Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S:, in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition. - Part I & II Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 : 187-194, pl. 16-17, : 633-638, pl. 48 [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/acraea/ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms = *Acraea (Actinote) excelsior

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Acraea excelsior is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini |access-date=2012-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810134550/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc |archive-date=2012-08-10 |url-status=dead }}

Description

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A. excelsior E. Sharpe (56 a) nearly approaches the preceding species [ Acraea goetzei and is quite similarly marked above, but has the median band of the hindwing and the subapical band of the forewing light lemon-yellow and the hindmarginal spot of the fore wing also margined with light yellowish. The under surface of the hindwing only differs in having the marginal band deeper black without light lines on the veins, while the black basal and discal dots of cellules 1 a to 1 c form a red-spotted patch and those of cellules 5 to 7 a sharp, red-centred triangle. Nyassaland; German and British East Africa.

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.{{PD-notice}}

Subspecies

  • Acraea excelsior excelsior (central Kenya, southern Tanzania)
  • Acraea excelsior usambarae Jackson, 1951 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)

Biology

The larvae feed on Triumfetta macrophylla.

Taxonomy

Acraea excelsior is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea.

See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea [http://www.acraea.com/image/liste/systematique.pdf pdf]

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External links

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  • [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=313838 Images representing Acraea excelsior usambarae] at Bold
  • [https://archive.org/stream/diegrossschmett13seit#page/n121/mode/2up Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56] a

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Category:Butterflies described in 1891

excelsior

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe

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