Pseudacraea

Pseudacraea is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified.

Pseudacraea
Pseudacraea boisduvali
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Limenitidini
Genus:	Pseudacraea Westwood, 1850
Synonyms
Panopea Hübner, [1819] Chloropoea Aurivillius, 1898

Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• Pseudacraea acholica Riley, 1932
• Pseudacraea annakae Knoop, 1988
• Pseudacraea boisduvali (Doubleday, 1845)
• Pseudacraea clarki Butler, 1892
• Pseudacraea deludens Neave, 1912
• Pseudacraea dolomena (Hewitson, 1865)
• Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudacraea fulvaria Butler, 1876
• Pseudacraea hostilia (Drury, 1782)
• Pseudacraea imerina (Hewitson, [1865])
• Pseudacraea kuenowi Dewitz, 1879
• Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, 1775)
• Pseudacraea peyrierasi Collins, 1991
• Pseudacraea poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
• Pseudacraea rubrobasalis Aurivillius, 1903
• Pseudacraea ruhama Hewitson, 1873
• Pseudacraea ruwenzorica Grünberg, 1912
• Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, [1779])
• Pseudacraea simulator Grose-Smith, 1873
• Pseudacraea striata Butler, 1876
• Pseudacraea theorini Aurivillius, 1891
• Pseudacraea victoris Eltringham, 1929
• Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892

References

1. "Pseudacraea Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

• Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
• Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.
• Lees DC, Kremen C, and Raharitsimba T. 2003. "Classification, diversity and endemism of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): a revised species checklist". In: Goodman SM and Benstead JP, eds. The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 762–793.

External links

• TOL
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 46