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Actinote zikani (d'Almeida, 1951)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1942

Rediscovered in 1991

 

Distribution

Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

d'Almeida, R. F. (1951). Uma nova espécie de Actinote do Sul do Brasil (lep. Heliconiidae, Acraeinae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional,Rio de Janeiro 42: 1-5.

 

Other references:

Baillie, Jonathan E. M. and Butcher, Ellen R. (2012). Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. London, UK: Zoological Society of London.

Francini, Ronaldo Bastos, Freitas, André Victor Lucci and Brown, Keith Spalding Jnr. (2005). Rediscovery of Actinote zikani (d'Almeida) (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae, Acraeini): natural history, population biology and conservation of an endangered butterfly in SE Brazil. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 59(3): 134-142.

 

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