Acraea zonata
Species of butterfly
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Acraea zonata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. zonata |
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Description
A. zonata Hew. (53 a). Wings brown-yellow with black veins and triangular black spots at the extremities of the veins; forewing with black costal margin, a large black spot in the celi, a discal and a submarginal curved transverse band, which are united at the hindmargin near the hinder angle; these transverse bands are continued on the hindwing by a single band which runs somewhat behind the middle. A rare species, hitherto only met with in German and British East Africa.[4]
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea satis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
