Acraea pudorina
Species of butterfly
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Acraea pudorina, the Kenyan fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and southern Kenya and Tanzania.[3]
| Kenyan fiery acraea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. pudorina |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea pudorina | |
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Description
Very similar to Acraea acrita qv.
Taxonomy
Acraea pudorina is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The other clade members are:
- Acraea acrita
- Acraea chaeribula
- Acraea eltringhamiana
- Acraea guluensis
- Acraea lualabae
- Acraea manca
- Acraea utengulensis
Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud
