Acraea chambezi
Species of butterfly
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Acraea chambezi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zambia and Malawi.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. chambezi |
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| Acraea chambezi | |
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Description
A. chambezi Neave is very similar to A. nohara (55 c), only differing in having the veins of the forewing above very finely black at the distal margin; the discal dot in 4 of the forewing is not placed in the same line as the dots in cellules 5 and 6 and the discal dot in 5 of the hindwing is absent; the discal dot in cellule 3 of the hindwing is placed near the base of the cellule; forewing usually with basal dot in cellule 1b. North-East Rhodesia.[4]
Biology
The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland (Miombo).
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.[5]
