Acraea serena

rdf:langString Acraea serena

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rdf:langString *Papilio serena (Fabricius, 1775) *Hyalites serena *Telchinia serena *Acraea serena *Papilio eponina ( Cramer, [1780]) *Acraea janisca ( Godart, 1819) *Acraea manjaca ( Boisduval, 1833) *Acraea serena var. rougetii ( Guérin-Méneville, 1849) *Telchinia buxtoni ( Butler, 1875) *Telchinia perrupta ( Butler, 1883) *Acraea subserena ( Grose-Smith, 1900) *Acraea terpsichore ab. venturina ( Thurau, 1904) *Acraea terpsichore ab. connexa ( Thurau, 1904) *Acraea terpsichore ab. excentrica ( Thurau, 1904) *Acraea intermediana ( Strand, 1911) *Acraea terpsichore rougeti ab. contraria ( Strand, 1912) *Acraea eliana ( Strand, 1912) *Acraea eliana ab. toka ( Strand, 1912) *Acraea terpsichore ab. janiscella ( Strand, 1913) *Acraea eponina eponina f. akoafima ( Le Doux, 1928) *Acraea eponina eponina f. latifasciata ( Le Doux, 1928) *Acraea eponina manjaca f. reducta ( Le Doux, 1928) *Acraea jordani ( Le Doux, 1928) *Acraea terpsichore ab. bankoides ( Carpenter, 1935) *Acraea terpsichore buxtoni ab. subjanisca ( Dufrane, 1945)

rdf:langString Acraea serena

rdf:langString Acraea serena, the dancing acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout Africa south of the Sahara. It is the most common of the Acraea, from Dakar to Fort-Dauphin and from Yemen to the Cape. This is the type species of the old genus Telchinia, which may warrant re-separation from Acraea. Formerly, A. serena was often misidentified as Acraea eponina (small orange acraea) or Acraea terpsicore (tawny coaster). It is very likely that the butterfly's black-spotted orange markings are a sign of unpalatability and it may well form part of a mimicry ring with Erikssonia edgei.