page_title: Acraea (butterfly)
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Acraea (butterfly) / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Tawny Coster(হরিনছড়া), Kolkata,West Bengal,India
context_page_description: Acraea is a genus of brush-footed butterflies 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. Most species assembled here are restricted to the Afrotropical realm, but some are found in India, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
context_section_description: Since the proposed phylogenetic sequence of the species groups is almost certainly incorrect for a large part, the groups are simply listed alphabetically.
  J. Pierre & D. Bernaud have published a complete systematic and synonymic list.
  Acraea acrita species group
  Acraea acrita – fiery acraea
  Acraea annonae
  Acraea bellona
  Acraea chaeribula
  Acraea eltringhamiana
  Acraea guluensis
  Acraea loranae
  Acraea lualabae
  Acraea manca
  Acraea pudorina – Kenyan fiery acraea
  Acraea utengulensis – Tanzanian fiery acraea
  Acraea andromacha species group (close to part of A. terpsicore group?)
  Acraea andromacha – small greasy, glasswing
  Acraea anemosa species group
  Acraea anemosa – broad-bordered acraea
  Acraea pseudolycia
  Acraea turna
  Acraea aureola species group
  Acraea aureola (= onerata) (cepheus group)
  Acraea bonasia species group (close to A. oberthuri and A. rahira groups? Paraphyletic?)
  Acraea acerata – small yellow-banded legionnaire, falls acraea
  Acraea alicia
  Acraea bonasia
  Acraea burgessi
  Acraea cabira – yellow-banded acraea
  Acraea serena – dancing acraea
  Acraea eponina – orange acraea or small orange acraea
  Acraea excelsior
  Acraea goetzei
  Acraea karschi
  Acraea lumiri
  Acraea rangatana
  Acraea hecqui
  Acraea pierrei
  Acraea sotikensis – Sotik acraea, Sotika legionnaire
  Acraea uvui – tiny acraea
  Acraea ventura
  Acraea caecilia species group (close to A. cepheus and A. egina groups?)
  Acraea aglaonice – clear-spotted acraea
  Acraea mirabilis – marvelous acraea
  Acraea miranda – desert acraea, Somali acraea
  Acraea asboloplintha – black-winged acraea,  black-winged legionnaire
  Acraea atergatis
  Acraea atatis
  Acraea axina – little acraea
  Acraea braesia
  Acraea caecilia – pink legionnaire (type species of Stephenia)
  Acraea caldarena – black-tipped acraea, black tip acraea
  Acraea doubledayi
  Acraea ella
  Acraea equatorialis
  Acraea intermediodes
  Acraea leucopyga
  Acraea lygus – lygus acraea
  Acraea marnois (= Acraea caecilia)
  Acraea natalica – Natal acraea, Natal legionnaire
  Acraea oncaea – window acraea, window legionnaire
  Acraea pseudegina
  Acraea pudorella
  Acraea rhodesiana
  Acraea stenobea – suffused acraea
  Acraea lyci
  Acraea sykesi – Sykes' acraea
  Acraea cepheus species group (close to A. caecilia and A. egina groups?)
  Acraea abdera
  Acraea asema
  Acraea atolmis
  Acraea bailundensis
  Acraea buettneri
  Acraea cepheus
  Acraea bergeriana
  Acraea chambezi
  Acraea diogenes
  Acraea guillemei
  Acraea lapidorum
  Acraea lofua
  Acraea mansya
  Acraea nohara – light red acraea
  Acraea dondoensis
  Acraea onerata
  Acraea periphanes
  Acraea petraea – blood-red acraea, blood acraea
  Acraea punctellata
  Acraea rohlfsi
  Acraea violarum – speckled red acraea
  Acraea circeis species group (close to A. masamba)
  Acraea buschbecki
  Acraea circeis – white legionnaire (type species of Gnesia)
  Acraea conradti
  Acraea grosvenori
  Acraea kuekenthali
  Acraea melanoxantha
  Acraea newtoni
  Acraea ntebiae
  Acraea oreas
  Acraea orina – Orina legionnaire
  Acraea orinata
  Acraea parrhasia – yellow-veined legionnaire
  Acraea pelopeia
  Acraea peneleos
  Acraea penelope – Penelope's acraea, Penelope's legionnaire
  Acraea perenna
  Acraea semivitrea (type species of Alacria)
  Acraea translucida
  Acraea ungemachi
  Acraea vumbui
  Acraea egina species group (close to A. caecilia and A. cepheus groups?)
  Acraea egina – elegant legionnaire (type species of Rubraea)
  Acraea medea
  Acraea encedon species group (close to A. jodutta and A. pharsalus groups?) – common acraea or white-barred acraea or encedon acraea
  Acraea encedana – Pierre's acraea
  Acraea encedon – common acraea, white-barred legionnaire (type species of Hyalites)
  Acraea necoda
  Acraea encoda
  Acraea issoria species group (a rather distinct lineage?)
  Acraea issoria – yellow coster (type species of Pareba)
  Acraea jodutta species group (close to A. encedon and A. pharsalus groups?)
  Acraea actinotina
  Acraea acuta
  Acraea alciope
  Acraea alciopoides
  Acraea amicitiae
  Acraea ansorgei
  Acraea aurivillii
  Acraea baxteri
  Acraea disjuncta
  Acraea esebria – dusky acraea
  Acraea comor
  Acraea insularis
  Acraea jodutta – jodutta legionnaire
  Acraea johnstoni
  Acraea lycoa – lycoa legionnaire (type spe
caption: Tawny coster (হরিনছড়া), Acraea violae
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