Rubraea loranae ( Pierre, 1987 ) Williams & Henning, 2023

Williams, Mark C. & Henning, Graham A., 2023, Taxonomic revision of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae), Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 35-49 : 39-40

Rubraea loranae ( Pierre, 1987) comb. nov. Rubraea lualabae (Neave, 1910) comb. nov. Rubraea manca (Thurau, 1904) comb. nov. Rubraea mansya (Eltringham, 1911) comb. nov. Rubraea medea (Cramer, [1775]) comb. nov. Rubraea niobe (Sharpe, 1893) comb. nov. Rubraea nohara (Boisduval, 1847) comb. nov.

Rubraea nohara nohara (Boisduval, 1847) Rubraea nohara halali (Marshall, 1896) comb. nov.

Rubraea nohara dondoensis (Stevenson, 1934) comb. nov.

Rubraea omrora (Trimen, 1894) comb. nov.

Rubraea omrora omrora (Trimen, 1894) Rubraea omrora umbraetae (Pierre, 1988) comb. nov.

Rubraea onerata (Trimen, 1891) comb. nov.

Rubraea overlaeti (Pierre, 1988) comb. nov.

Rubraea peetersi (Pierre, 1992) comb. nov.

Rubraea periphanes (Oberthür, 1893) comb. nov.

Rubraea petraea (Boisduval, 1847) comb. nov.

Rubraea pseudatolmis (Eltringham, 1912) comb. nov.

Rubraea pudorina (Staudinger, [1885]) comb. nov.

Rubraea punctellata (Eltringham, 1912) comb. nov.

Rubraea rohlfsi (Suffert, 1904) comb. nov.

Rubraea unimaculata (Grose-Smith, 1898) comb. nov.

Rubraea utengulensis (Thurau, 1903) comb. nov.

Rubraea violarum (Boisduval, 1847) comb. nov. Rubraea violarum violarum (Boisduval, 1847) Rubraea violarum gracilis (Wichgraf, 1909) comb. nov.

Rubraea violarum anchietai (Mendes & Bivar-de- Sousa, 2017) comb. nov.

Species groups of Rubraea (based on male genitalia)

R. acrita species-group: the 8 th tergite is modified; aedeagus short, distally thin and acute, anteriorly broad and truncate, bifid; uncus short; valve large obtuse with distal processes.

Rubraea acrita (Hewitson, [1865]) , Rubraea annonae ( Pierre, 1987) , Rubraea bailundensis (Wichgraf, 1918) , Rubraea bellona (Weymer, 1908) , Rubraea chaeribula (Oberthür, 1893) , Rubraea diogenes (Suffert, 1904) , Rubraea eltringhamiana (Le Doux, 1932) , Rubraea guillemei (Oberthür, 1893) , Rubraea guluensis (Le Doux, 1932) , Rubraea loranae ( Pierre, 1987) , Rubraea lualabae (Neave, 1910) , Rubraea manca (Thurau, 1904) , Rubraea periphanes (Oberthür, 1893) , Rubraea pudorina (Staudinger, [1885]) , Rubraea utengulensis (Thurau, 1903) .

R. egina species-group: aedeagus moderately long; uncus short, basally broad; valve large, elongate, not narrowing distally.

Rubraea egina (Cramer, [1775]) , Rubraea medea (Cramer, [1775]) , Rubraea niobe (Sharpe, 1893) .

R. nohara species-group: valves elongate, basally obtuse narrowing centrally, apically truncate with distal process in some species.

Rubraea atolmis (Westwood, 1881) , Rubraea cerasa (Hewitson, [1861]) , Rubraea dondoensis (Stevenson, [1934]) , Rubraea chambezi (Neave, 1910) , Rubraea kraka (Aurivillius, 1893) , Rubraea lapidorum (Pierre, 1988) , Rubraea lofua (Eltringham, 1911) , Rubraea mansya (Eltringham, 1911) , Rubraea nohara (Boisduval, 1847) , Rubraea onerata (Trimen, 1891) , Rubraea peetersi (Pierre, 1992) , Rubraea pseudatolmis (Eltringham, 1912) , Rubraea punctellata (Eltringham, 1912) , Rubraea unimaculata (Grose-Smith, 1898) .

R. violarum species-group: valves short and broad, uncus bifid.

Rubraea asema (Hewitson, 1877) , Rubraea omrora (Trimen, 1894) , Rubraea overlaeti (Pierre, 1988) , Rubraea violarum (Boisduval, 1847) .

R. cepheus species-group: uncus straight and acute; vinculum broad.

Rubraea abdera (Hewitson, [1852]) , Rubraea cepheus (Linnaeus, 1758) , Rubraea petraea (Boisduval, 1847) , Rubraea rohlfsi (Suffert, 1904) .