INFORMATIONS DETAILLEES SUR LA DESCRIPTION ET SUR SA CLASSIFICATION
Description
elgonense
Auteur
Poulton
Date
1927
Décrit comme
Planema elgonense
Lieu du Type
Localité Type
W. Elgon District, N.E. Uganda
Référence
Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 2: 36-37
Titre de la Source
Sex-ratios and form-ratios in eight families of Acraea esebria, Hew., bred by Dr. V.G.L. Van Someren at Nairobi, Kenya Colony
Publication
The Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London
Classification proposée aujourd'hui
Classé comme
Subspecies
Espèce
kivuensis
Sous-espèce
elgonense
Sous-genre
Acraea (Acraea)
Clade
II5
Groupe
epaea
Observations et histoire de la classification de la description
Le Doux (1937) classifies elgonense as a synonym of entalis Jordan. Contrary to Le Doux, Jackson (1951) emphasizes the distinct species status of elgonense, which is sympatric with poggei and apparently lacks intermediate forms. This species is dimorphic, whereas poggei is not. Carcasson (1961) confirms its status as a species (without any reference to kivuensis). Carcasson and Ackery (1981) decide to classify elgonense (which they incorrectly name elgonensis) as a subspecies of obliqua Aurivillius. Larsen (1991) reverts to the species rank. Classified as a valid subspecies of obliqua by d'Abrera (1998). Pierre & Bernaud (2012, 2014) classify elgonense as a subspecies of kivuensis Joicey and Talbot.
