Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Acraea issoria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea Rank Species | |
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Similar Acraeini, Acraea, Acraea terpsicore, Symbrenthia lilaea, Symbrenthia | ||
Butterflies of india yellow coster acraea issoria females laying eggs
Acraea issoria, the yellow coster, 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.
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According to George Talbot (Fauna of British India) the race anomala is found in the western Himalayas while the nominate form is from the eastern Himalayas.
Yellow coster acraea issoria
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