| Actinote zikani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Heliconiinae |
| Species: | A. zikani
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| Binomial name | |
| Actinote zikani d'Almeida, 1951
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acraea zikani (d'Almeida, 1951) | |
Actinote zikani is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae that is endemic to Brazil.[2] Its habitat is the Brazilian Atlantic forest at an altitude of approximately 1,000 metres (3,280 ft), in the Serra do Mar. Considered extinct after 1981, the species was rediscovered in 1991 in the state of São Paulo, in the southeast of the country.
The species was declared Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is also classified as such on the national red list of Brazil by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It is one of two butterflies on the list of the 100 Most Endangered Species in the World published by the IUCN in September 2012, the other being Parides burchellanus.
- ^ "Actinote zikani". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ Rosa, Augusto H. B.; Ribeiro, D. B.; Freitas, André V. L. (June 2023). "How data curation and new geographical records can change the conservation status of threatened brazilian butterflies". Journal of Insect Conservation. 27 (3): 403–414. Bibcode:2023JICon..27..403R. doi:10.1007/s10841-023-00464-0.