Imago at Kakamega Forest, Kenya, and a larva from Lagos in Eltringham (1912)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Acraea
Species:
A. pharsalus
Binomial name
Acraea pharsalus
Ward, 1871 [1][2]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) pharsalus
Acraea pharsalus f. duplicatus Stoneham, 1943
Acraea pharsaloides Holland, 1892
Acraea pharsalus saluspha Suffert, 1904
Acraea pharsalus var. pharsaloides ab. pallidepicta Strand, 1911
Acraea pharsalus var. pharsaloides ab. nia Strand, 1911
Acraea pharsalus f. ruperti O'Neil, 1919
Acraea pharsalus, the east African forest acraea or Pharsalus acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae which is native to the tropics and subtropics of Africa.
^Ward, C. 1871. Description of new species of African diurnal lepidoptera. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 8: 34-36; 58-60; 81-82; 118-122.
^"Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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