Pseudacraea clarkii

Pseudacraea clarkii, or Clark's false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.^[3]

Pseudacraea clarkii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pseudacraea
Species:	P. clarkii
Binomial name
Pseudacraea clarkii Butler & Rothschild, 1892 [1][2]
Synonyms
Pseudacraea clarki var. egina Aurivillius, 1903 Pseudacraea eginoides Schultze, 1906

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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Ps. clarki Btlr. (46 b). Upperside of the forewing bright yellow-red in the cell nearly to its apex and in cellules l-3 as far as the black marginal band, which is 3 mm. in breadth, a thick black longitudinal stripe in the cell and in each of the cellules named; the apical half is blackish, at the apex itself broadly black, usually with a broad reddish subapical band in cellules 4-6 and black longitudinal streaks on the folds; hindwing bright yellow-red above with large, more or less confluent black spots at the base and a sharply defined black marginal band 2-3 mm. in breadth, which sometimes encloses indistinct light spots; black longitudinal streaks are absent or are very short; the inner margin is whitish in cellules 1 a and 1 b; the under surface is much lighter, the hindwing light grey or whitish with distinct streaks on the interneural folds and free basal spots. Recalls Acraea orinata (57 a). Cameroons to the Congo. -ab. egina Auriv. (= eginoides A. Schultze) only differs in having the forewing black in the basal part also, only behind the middle with a red half-band, extending from the hindmargin to the middle of cellule 3. Recalls Acraea egina (54 d). Cameroons and Congo. ^[4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

References

1. Butler, A.G., & Rothschild, W. 1892. On a new and also on a little-known species of Pseudacraea in the collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1892: 201-202.
2. "Pseudacraea Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
4. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.