Acraea calida
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. calida
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Acraea calida is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[3] The habitat consists of forest margins, grassland and anthropogenic environments.
Description
[edit]Very similar to Acraea zitja qv. for diagnosis
Taxonomy
[edit]It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Butler, A.G. 1878 On a collection of lepidoptera recently received from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 2: 283-297.
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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