Acraea aubyni
Species of butterfly
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Acraea aubyni, the Aubyn Rogers' acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and possibly north-eastern Tanzania.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. aubyni |
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Description
A. aubyni Eltr. (60a). Basal part of the forewing above reddish; the red colour covers the cell to its apex, cellules 1 a to 2 almost to the distal margin and the base of cellule 3; the apical part is blackish with three short whitish transparent spots in 4 to 6. Hindwing above light red nearly to the base with free black dots and a sharply defined black marginal band 2 mm. in breadth; beneath light ochre-yellowish, at the distal margin with short, fine streaks on the folds, which do not quite reach the margin. British East Africa. [4]
Biology
The habitat consists of coastal forests.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
