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.