Acraea orinata

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Acraea orinata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia and north-western Tanzania.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
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Acraea orinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. orinata
Binomial name
Acraea orinata
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) orinata
  • Acraea orina orineta Eltringham, 1912
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Description

Very close to Acraea orina q.v.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [3]

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