INFORMATIONS DETAILLEES SUR LA DESCRIPTION ET SUR SA CLASSIFICATION
Description
anacreon
Auteur
Trimen
Date
1868
Décrit comme
Acraea anacreon
Lieu du Type
Coll. Trimen (Eltringham, 1912)
Localité Type
RSA (Kaffraria: river Sogana, Natal: Umvoti district, Greytown, Noodsberg)
Référence
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 77, pl. 6, fig. 3-5
Titre de la Source
On some undescribed Species of South-African Butterflies, including a New Genus of Lycaenidae
Publication
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London
Classification proposée aujourd'hui
Classé comme
Species
Espèce
anacreon
Sous-espèce
anacreon
Sous-genre
Acraea (Actinote)
Clade
I6b
Groupe
anacreon
Observations et histoire de la classification de la description
Henning & Henning (1996) argue that the genus anacreon should be restricted to populations in South Africa. This position has yet to be validated by molecular analysis. Pierre rejects this view, arguing that all taxa within the anacreon group are poorly defined in terms of their traits and distribution ranges. However, a more in-depth study currently in progress highlights molecular differences between the various populations.
