Acraea (butterfly)

Acraea
	Adult male fiery acraea (A. acrita)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Acraeini
Genus:	Acraea; Fabricius, 1807
Type species
	Papilio horta; (Linnaeus, 1764)
Species
	Presently about 220, see text
Synonyms
	; Alacria Henning, 1992; Aphanopeltis Mabille, 1887; Auracraea Henning, 1993; Aurora Henning, 1992 (non Ragonot 1887: preoccupied); Gnesia Doubleday, 1848; Hyalites Doubleday, 1848; Pareba Doubleday, 1848; Phanopeltis Mabille, 1887; Planema Doubleday, 1848; Rubraea Henning, 1992; Solenites Mabille, 1887; Stephenia Henning, 1992; Telchinia Hübner, 1819; (but see text)

Acraea is a genus of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae) of the subfamily Heliconiinae. It seems to be highly paraphyletic and has long been used as a "wastebin taxon" to unite about 220 species of anatomically conservative Acraeini. Some phylogenetic studies show that the genus Acraea is monophyletic if Bematistes and Neotropical Actinote are included (see Pierre & Bernaud, 2009). Most species assembled here are restricted to the Afrotropical realm, but some are found in India, Southeast Asia, and Australia.^[2]

Acraea

Adult male fiery acraea (A. acrita)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Acraeini
Genus:	Acraea Fabricius, 1807
Type species
Papilio horta (Linnaeus, 1764)
Species
Presently about 220, see text
Synonyms
^[1] Alacria Henning, 1992 Aphanopeltis Mabille, 1887 Auracraea Henning, 1993 Aurora Henning, 1992 (non Ragonot 1887: preoccupied) Gnesia Doubleday, 1848 Hyalites Doubleday, 1848 Pareba Doubleday, 1848 Phanopeltis Mabille, 1887 Planema Doubleday, 1848 Rubraea Henning, 1992 Solenites Mabille, 1887 Stephenia Henning, 1992 Telchinia Hübner, 1819 (but see text)