Acraea parei
Species of butterfly
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Acraea parei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia.[3] The habitat consists of montane grassland.
| Acraea parei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. parei |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea parei | |
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Adults have been recorded in April, October, November and December.
Subspecies
- Acraea parei parei (Zimbabwe: Chimanimani Mountains)
- Acraea parei orangica (Henning & Henning, 1996) (the Nyika Plateau in Malawi and Zambia)
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
