Acraea silia

Acraea silia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. silia
Binomial name
	Acraea silia; Mabille, [1885]
Synonyms
	Acraea masamba var. silia Mabille, [1885]; Acraea (Actinote) silia; Acraea masamba r. debilis Oberthür, 1916;

Acraea silia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.^[3]

Description

Very close to Acraea masamba q.v. for differences

The habitat consists of forests.

Uncertain species group but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[4]

^ Mabille, P. [1885]. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères. In: Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, ed. A. Grandidier. Vol. 19. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.
^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf