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Acraea esebria (Dusky acraea)    

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Nymphalidae > Subfamily: Heliconiinae > Tribe: Acraeini > Genus: Acraea

Acraea esebria (Dusky acraea) Acraea esebria (Dusky acraea)

Acraea esebria (Dusky acraea) male, Shongweni. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]

Acraea esebria (Dusky acraea, red form) female, Mt. Thesiger. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]