Acraea utengulensis, the Tanzanian fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern and central Tanzania and Zambia.
Taxonomy Acraea utengulensis is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The clade members are:
Acraea utengulensis Acraea acrita Acraea chaeribula Acraea eltringhamiana Acraea guluensis Acraea lualabae Acraea manca Acraea pudorina
Treated as a form of Acraea pudorina by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in Adalbert Seitz's Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (in English: The Macrolepidoptera of the World) (1907). See the Acraea acrita species complex.
Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud
Acraea (group acrita) Henning, 1993 Henning, 1993 Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Metamorphosis 4 (1): 5-18, (2): 53-68 Acraea (Rubraea) Henning & Williams, 2010 Henning & Williams, 2010 Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical taxa of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Metamorphosis 21 (1) : 2-38 Acraea (Acraea) (subgroup acrita) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers Acraea (Acraea) Groupe egina Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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Images representing Acraea utengulensis at Bold.