Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: Nymphalidae subfamily Helconiinae
Author
Liseki, Steven D.
Author
Vane-Wright, Richard I.
text
Journal of Natural History
2018
2018-11-26
52
39 - 40
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1539780
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2018.1539780
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Acraea igola
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]
d
’
Abrera 1997: 141
(3 figs).
Bernaud and Murphy 2014: 121
(8 figs,
Malawi
). SI: Figure 20a
–
h.
Forewing length: male 21.0
–
28.0 mm [mean (
n =
6)
23.92 mm
, SD = 1.913]; female
22.5
–
27.5 mm
[mean (
n =
3)
25.30 mm
, SD = 1.852].
Note: the sexes are similar but the ground colour of the female is either orange like the male, but somewhat paler, overall more diaphanous, or (in some South African individuals at least) yellowish or straw-coloured (treated by
van Son 1963
as f.
‘
maculiventris
’
Smith and Kirby, 1894).