Acraea ranavalona
Species of butterfly
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Acraea ranavalona 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. ranavalona |
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Description
A. ranavalona Bdv. (53 c, d). Forewing at the base as far as vein 2 bright red (male) or almost completely hyaline (female); hindwing with grey, often semitransparent, red-spotted marginal band, the red marginal spots proximally bounded by sharply defined black submarginal dots; basal and discal dots distinct; ground-colour beneath white, above in the male bright red, in the female white or whitish. Madagascar and Comoros. Female aberratio form manandaza Ward (53 d). Ground-colour of the hindwing more or less reddish. Madagascar. Aberratio form maransetra Ward. The discal dots of the hindwing united into a transverse band. Madagascar. [4]
Biology
The habitat consists of forests. The colours in life may be much brighter than those shown in early collections and in museums.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
- Acraea (group ranavalona) ranavalona; Henning, 1993, Metamorphosis 4 (1): 11
- Acraea (Acraea) (group neobule) ranavalona; Pierre & Bernaud, 2013, Butterflies of the World 39: 5, pl. 15, f. 8-10
