Acraea ella, the Ella's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola and north-western Namibia.
Description
A. ella Eltr. (60 b) is so similar to equatorialis that it is sufficient to mention the differences. Somewhat larger, expanse 50 to 60 mm.; forewing completely scaled without grey subapical band. Angola. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea caecilia species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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