Acraea issoria
| Yellow Coster | |
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| Imago | |
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| Caterpillar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. issoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea issoria (Hübner, 1819) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pareba vesta | |
The Yellow Coster (Acraea issoria) is a small, leathery-winged butterfly. This species of the subgenus (Actinote) and the Tawny Coster (Acraea (acraea) terpsicore) with its sister species (A. (a.) moluccana) and (A. (a.) meyeri) of the nominotypical subgenus, are the only Asiatic representatives of the predominantly African subfamily Acraeinae.
According to Talbot (Fauna of British India) the race anomala is found in the western Himalayas while the nominate form is from the eastern Himalayas.
See also
References
- Bingham, C T. (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 1.
- Wynter-Blyth, M. A. (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
External links
- "Acraea issoria". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Acraea issoria at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Images representing Acraea issoria at Bold.
- Acraea issoria formosana at Pteron
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