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AFROTROPICAL BUTTERFLIES. MARK C. WILLIAMS. http://www.lepsocafrica.org/?p=publications&s=atb Updated 31 July 2021 Genus Acraea Fabricius, 1807 Acraeas In: Illiger, K., Magazin für Insektenkunde 6: 284 (277-289). Type-species: Papilio horta Linnaeus, by subsequent designation (Scudder, 1875. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 101 (91-293).). = Solenites Mabille, 1887 in Staudinger & Schatz, 1885-92. Exotische Schmetterlinge 2: 82 (282 pp.). Bayern. Type-species: Acraea igati Boisduval, by subsequent designation (Hemming, 1935. Stylops 4: 2 (1-3).). = Phanopeltis Mabille, 1887 in Staudinger & Schatz, 1885-92. Exotische Schmetterlinge 2: 84 (282 pp.). Bayern. Type-species: Acraea ranavalona Boisduval, by subsequent designation (Hemming, 1935. Stylops 4: 2 (1-3).). = Aphanopeltis Mabille, 1887 in Staudinger & Schatz, 1885-92. Exotische Schmetterlinge 2: 85 (282 pp.). Bayern. Type-species: Papilio horta Linnaeus, by subsequent designation (Hemming, 1935. Stylops 4: 2 (1-3).). [Invalid: junior objective synonym of Acraea Fabricius, 1807.] = Miyana Fruhstorfer, 1914. Type species: Papilio moluccana Cramer, by original designation. = Bematistes Hemming, 1935. In: Carpenter, 1935. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 83: 374 (313-447). Type species: Papilio epaea Felder, 1779. Selected subsequently by Scudder, 1875. = Rubraea Henning, 1992. Metamorphosis 3 (3): 106 (100-114). Type species: Papilio egina Cramer, by original designation. = Stephenia Henning, 1992. Metamorphosis 3 (3): 106 (100-114). Type species: Papilio caecilia Fabricius, 1781 by original designation. Synonyms based on extralimital type-species: Pareba Doubleday, Miyana Fruhstorfer. Note: Pareba is an “Actinote” – this is also Boisduval, 1848 and I am not sure whether it would take priority over Hyalites. The type species of Pareba is vesta – now issoria (see Hemming) (Larsen, pers. comm., 2007). The genus Acraea belongs to the Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815; Subfamily Heliconiinae Swainson, 1822; Tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833; Subtribe Acraeina Boisduval, 1833. There are no 1 other genera in the Subtribe Acraeina in the Afrotropical Region. Acraea (Acraeas) is a predominantly Afrotropical genus with 138 Afrotropical species. I have largely accepted the alpha taxonomy given in Pierre & Bernaud, 2014. However, I have retained Acraea and Telchinia as distinct genera (Silva-Brandao, et al, 2008) neither of which is subdivided into subgenera. Relevant literature: Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [Synonomic checklist]. Williams & Henning, 2020 [Taxonomy of the ceras group]. Henning, G. & Williams, 2010 [Classification]. Silva-Brandao et al., 2008 [Phylogeny of Acraeini]. Pierre, 2004c [Cladistics and systematics]. Pierre et al., 2003 [Checklist for Ghana]. De Vries, 2002 [Differential wing toughness]. Jiggins et al., 2002 [Infection with Wolbachia]. Classification of Acraea by Pierre & Bernaud, 2014. cerasa group Acraea chambezi Acraea acara Acraea tellus Acraea cerasa Acraea nohara Acraea barberi Acraea schubotzi Acraea unimaculata Acraea punctellata Acraea oscari Acraea adrasta Acraea kraka Acraea pseudatolmis Acraea chilo Acraea formosa rogersi group natalica group Acraea hypoleuca Acraea dewitzi Acraea rogersi Acraea aglaonice neobule group Acraea obliqua egina group Acraea miranda Acraea machequena Acraea kivuensis Acraea peetseri Acraea mirabilis Acraea ranavalona Acraea poggei Acraea medea Acraea axina Acraea hova Acraea leopoldina Acraea niobe Acraea pudorella Acraea endoscota Acraea elongata Acraea egina Acraea atergatis Acraea punctimarginea Acraea persanguinea Acraea periphanes Acraea atatis Acraea leucographa Acraea epiprotea Acraea lualabae Acraea equatorialis Acraea kinduana Acraea alcinoe Acraea annonae Acraea oncaea Acraea admatha Acraea umbra Acraea chaeribula Acraea ella Acraea kappa Acraea macaria Acraea loranae Acraea stenobea Acraea boopis Acraea aganice Acraea manca Acraea lygus Acraea quirina Acraea scalivittata Acraea utengulensis Acraea lyci Acraea kia Acraea quadricolor Acraea eltringhamiana Acraea caecilia Acraea eugenia Acraea consanguinea Acraea acrita Acraea asboloplintha Acraea igati Acraea excisa Acraea bellona Acraea pseudegina Acraea dammii Acraea indentata Acraea pudorina Acraea natalica Acraea cuva Acraea pseudeuryta Acraea guluensis Acraea caldarena Acraea insignis Acraea bana Acraea asema Acraea leucopyga Acraea eltringhami Acraea lequeuxi Acraea violarum Acraea intermediodes Acraea hamata Acraea macarista Acraea omrora Acraea rhodesiana Acraea horta Acraea ducarmei Acraea overlaeti Acraea zoumi Acraea brainei Acraea vestalis Acraea buettneri Acraea doubledayi Acraea neobule Acraea abdera Acraea sykesi Acraea mahela Acraea petraea Acraea regalis Acraea matuapa Acraea rohlfsi Acraea braesia Acraea camaena Acraea cepheus zetes group Acraea turlini Acraea atolmis Acraea zonata Acraea terpsichore2 Acraea mansya Acraea rabbaiae Acraea andromacha2 2 Acraea onerata Acraea satis Acraea moluccana2 Acraea diogenes Acraea anemosa Acraea meyeri2 Acraea guillemei Acraea welwitschii epaea group Acraea bailundensis Acraea pseudolycia Acraea epitellus Acraea lapidorum Acraea turna Acraea epaea Acraea lofua Acraea zetes Acraea parageum 2 = Extralimital species. cerasa species-group *Acraea cerasa Hewitson, [1861]# Tree-top Wizard Acraea cerasa Hewitson, [1861] in Hewitson, [1857-61]. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 2: 40 ([124] pp.). London. Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861. Trimen & Bowker, 1887a. Acraea cerasa Hewitson. Swanepoel, 1953a. Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861. Dickson & Kroon, 1978. Hyalites (Hyalites) cerasa (Hewitson, 1861). Pringle et al., 1994: 76. Telchinia (Telchinia) cerasa (Hewitson, 1861). Henning & Williams, 2010: 25. Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861. Pierre & Bernaud, 2014. Acraea cerasa Hewitson, 1861. Williams & Henning, 2020. comb. n. Acraea cerasa cerasa. Male. Left – upperside; right – underside. Port St Johns, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. 27 March, 1960. W. Teare. Images M.C. Williams ex Henning Collection. Acraea cerasa cerasa. Male aberration (Wingspan 35 mm). Left – upperside; right – underside. Umdoni Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 10 August 2007. J. Dobson. Images M.C. Williams ex Dobson Collection. 3 Acraea cerasa cerasa. Female (Wingspan 40 mm). Left – upperside; right – underside. Umdoni Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 30 December 2008. J. Dobson. Images M.C. Williams ex Dobson Collection. Type locality: None given. Distribution: Uganda, Rwanda (Bernaud & Murphy, 2014); Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Malawi (Bernaud & Murphy, 2014), Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland (Duke et al., 1999). Habitat: Forest. Not in temperate forest in southern Africa (Pringle et al., 1994). Subspecies kiellandi flies in forest at elevations of between 1 200 and 1 500 m (Kielland, 1990d). Habits: A common species that tends to fly high up in the forest canopy (Van Son, 1963), as its vernacular name suggests, but it does occasionally come down to lower levels. Individuals have been seen on cow-pats and also mudpuddle, especially early in the morning (Larsen, 1991c). It is known to have periodic population explosions (Larsen, 1991c; Larsen, 2005a). Flight period: All year (Van Son, 1963). September to April (Pringle et al., 1994). Early stages: Trimen & Bowker, 1887, Vol. 1: 139 [as Acraea cerasa Hewitson; Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal]. “Larva. Above livid-purplish; a central dorsal dull-greenish streak, edged on both sides by a linear series of small white marks, which on the anterior segments (two to five) are developed into thin transverse striae; a similar series of minute white spots bounds lower edge of livid-purple on each side; below this, each side is olive-greenish; under side and pro-legs light green; head black, shining, striped frontally, superiorly and laterally with white; legs pale greenish, yellowish terminally. Dorsal spines on third to sixth segments considerably longer than the rest, erect, nearly straight, rather thick, with only a terminal bristle, dull greyish; other spines throughout yellowish or greenish white, set with a few whitish bristles; the dorsal ones inclining backward from the ninth to the anal segment. Length 1,25 inches. The very young larvae, according to Colonel Bowker, advance in a regular row, side by side, from the base of a leaf, eating away the parenchyma as they proceed. Pupa. Pale orange-yellow. Two dorsal rows of bright orange black- ringed acute tuberculate spots, and on each side a row of similar (but not tuberculated) spots, mark the abdominal segments, some of the incisions of which are dorsally thinly defined with black. Neuration of wings, and a median stripe along back of thorax, and head black. Rather more curved than usual in Acraea pupae; back of thorax very prominent; cephalic tubercles rather acutely pointed. Length 0,5 inches.” Eltringham, 1912. Van Someren & Rogers, 1925: 120. “The eggs of this species are laid in a bunch in most irregular fashion, very often one on top of another, three to four deep, on the underside of a single leaf of Rawsonia usambarensis (Bixaceae). When the female has selected a suitable leaf, she will take up her position on the underside and deposit ten to fifteen eggs in succession and then rest for a while, completing the deposition in the space of an hour or so. She does not leave the leaf until the full complement has been laid. In shape these eggs are barrel-like with indications of longitudinal and transverse grooves. Their surface is highly glazed.
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    PART 3. BUTTERFLIES OF THE CHYULU RANGE. A systematic list of the species taken by the Museum Expedition to the Hills. April-July, 1938. By V. G. L. VAN SOMEREN,F.L.S., F.R.E.S., Etc. INTRODUCTION. The following account of the Lepidoptera (Rhopaloc.era) taken by members of the Museum Expedition to the Chyulu Range, is mainly a systematic list of the species obtained. At the time of the visit, April to July, 1938 (that is just toward the end, and after the long rains) insect life was remark• ably scarce, and although systematic search was made over all portions of the hills from 3,000 to 7,000 feet, at no time were butterflies numerous. The material taken can be considered representative of the range for that particular season, but there is little doubt that insect life would be more plentiful just after the short rains, as it undoubtedly is on the surrounding plains, especially in the Kibwezi- Voi areas. In spite of the paucity of insect life, certain new records have been established, thus Papilio hornimani is recorded for the first time from within Kenya boundaries, although known for many years to inhabit the forests of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Charaxes ful• vescens nr. acuminatus, also of Tanganyika, was taken on the range. Two new races of Liptenines of the genus Pentila are recorded, whilst a new ACTaea,a new Papilio, and a new race of Amauris are described. The Lepidoptera collected have a definite relationship to the vegetational zones and the distribution of certain plant species at various altitudes and portions of the hills.
  • Amani Nature Reserve

    Amani Nature Reserve

    TECHNICAL PAPER 52 Amani Nature Reserve A biodiversity survey Frontier Tanzania 2001 East Usambara Conservation Area Management Programme Technical Paper 52 Amani Nature Reserve A biodiversity survey Doody, K. Z., Howell, K. M., and Fanning, E. (eds.) Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania Forestry and Beekeeping Division Department of International Frontier-Tanzania Development Co-operation, Finland University of Dar es Salaam Metsähallitus Consulting Society for Environmental Exploration Tanga 2001 © Metsähallitus - Forest and Park Service Cover painting: Jaffary Aussi (1995) ISBN 9987-646-08-5 Suggested citation: Frontier Tanzania 2001. Doody. K. Z., Howell, K. M., and Fanning, E. (eds.). Amani Nature Reserve: A biodiversity survey. East Usambara Conservation Area Management Programme Technical Paper No. 52. Frontier Tanzania; Forestry and Beekeeping Division and Metsähallitus Consulting , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Vantaa, Finland. East Usambara Conservation Area Management Programme (EUCAMP) The East Usambara rain forests are one of the most valuable conservation areas in Africa. Several plant and animal species are found only in the East Usambara mountains. The rain forests secure the water supply of 200,000 people and the local people in the mountains depend on these forests. The East Usambara Conservation Area Management Programme has established the Amani Nature Reserve and aims; at protecting water sources; establishing and protecting forest reserves; sustaining villager’s benefits from the forest; and rehabilitating the Amani Botanical Garden. The programme is implemented by the Forestry and Beekeeping Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Touris m with financial support from the Government of Finland, and implementation support from the Finnish Forest and Park Service.