Acraea igati
Species of butterfly
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Acraea igati is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. igati |
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| Acraea igati | |
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Description
Very similar to Acraea dammii but the hindwing in cellule 7 with a large black spot directly before the spot in 6, but without other spots in 7. Basal area of the wings in the ochre-yellow to brown-yellow, in the female whitish. [4]
Biology
The habitat consists of forests.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
