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False Acraeas
''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas. Species Listed alphabetically:850]"">"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''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, 865 *'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879 *''Pseudacraea lucretia'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' Collins, 1991 *'' Pseudacraea poggei'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'' Aurivi ...
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Pseudacraea Boisduvali
''Pseudacraea boisduvali'', or Boisduval's false acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It has an extensive range which includes much of the tropics and subtropics of sub-Saharan Africa. Description left, 230px, Male and female of the southernmost race, ''P. b. trimenii'', illustrated in Seitz (1910) The wingspan is 65–70 mm for males and 75–88 mm for females. A large and most beautiful species. As in '' hostilia'', the hindwing is yellow-red to red-yellow with black, red-spotted marginal band, but that of ''boisduvali'' has in the basal part large rounded black spots. Fore wing in the distal part more or less semitransparent with thick black longitudinal streaks between the veins, at least in cellules 2 and 3; the black spots in the basal half are large and rounded and are present both in the cell and in cellules 1a–2; it should be specially noted that one of these spots is placed on vein 2. The species is considerably larger than '' Acraea egina'', ...
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Pseudacraea Imerina
''Pseudacraea imerina'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ... and the Comoros. Description . ''glaucina'' group -the only species of this group differs very considerably from all others and is quite isolated. ''P. glaucina'' Guen. Forewing black with two large green spots at the base of cellules 1 b and 2; cell short, green with three black spots at the anterior margin; midway between the cell and the apex of the wing 5 small, free green spots in cellules 3-6 and 9, arranged in a curve; small greenish submarginal dots. Hindwing unicolorous black above, with a triangular chalk-white spot at the costal margin in cellule 7 and very small whitish submarginal dots; beneath dark grey, at the distal margin ...
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Pseudacraea Warburgi
''Pseudacraea warburgi'', the incipient false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda (from the western part of the country to the Bwamba Valley). Description Very similar to '' Pseudacraea hostilia'' q.v. for differences. Biology The habitat consists of forest. It is a mimic of an '' Acraea'' species. The larvae feed on '' Strephanema'', ''Manilkara'' and ''Combretum ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but th ...'' species. References Butterflies described in 1892 Limenitidinae Butterflies of Africa {{Limenitidinae-stub ...
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Pseudacraea Victoris
''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas. Species Listed alphabetically:850]"">"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''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, 865 *'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879 *''Pseudacraea lucretia'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' Collins, 1991 *'' Pseudacraea poggei'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'' Aurivil ...
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Pseudacraea Theorini
''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas. Species Listed alphabetically:850]"">"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''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, 865 *'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879 *''Pseudacraea lucretia'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' Collins, 1991 *'' Pseudacraea poggei'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'' Aurivil ...
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Pseudacraea Striata
''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas. Species Listed alphabetically:850]"">"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''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, 865 *'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879 *''Pseudacraea lucretia'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' Collins, 1991 *'' Pseudacraea poggei'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'' Aurivil ...
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Pseudacraea Simulator
''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas. Species Listed alphabetically:850]"">"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''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, 865 *'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879 *''Pseudacraea lucretia'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' Collins, 1991 *'' Pseudacraea poggei'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'' Aurivil ...
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Pseudacraea Semire
''Pseudacraea semire'', the green false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and north-western Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t .... Description . ''semire'' group. Only a single species, which differs from all others in the very small cell of the hindwing. ''Ps. semire'' Cr. (46 a). Both wings black-brown above, in the basal part with large black dots and in the middle with green spots, which on the hindwing form a continuous median band, but on the fore wing are smaller and widely separated, in the cell ...
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Pseudacraea Ruwenzorica
''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas. Species Listed alphabetically:850]"">"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''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, 865 *'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879 *''Pseudacraea lucretia'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' Collins, 1991 *'' Pseudacraea poggei'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'' Aurivil ...
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Pseudacraea Ruhama
''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas. Species Listed alphabetically:850]"">"''Pseudacraea'' Westwood, [1850]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''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, 865 *'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879 *''Pseudacraea lucretia'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' Collins, 1991 *'' Pseudacraea poggei'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'' Aurivil ...
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Pseudacraea Rubrobasalis
''Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'', the lesser variable 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 Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou .... Description Very similar to '' Pseudacraea dolomena'' q.v. for differentiation. Biology The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on '' Afrosersalisia'' species. References Butterflies described in 1903 Limenitidinae Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius {{Limenitidinae-stub ...
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Pseudacraea Poggei
''Pseudacraea poggei'', the false monarch or monarch false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, Namibia (Caprivi), northern Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and western Tanzania. Description . ''Ps. poggei'' Dew. is a wonderfully faithful mimic of '' Danaida chrysippus''. Both wings red-yellow above with fine black veins, but without black streaks between the veins; the apex of the forewing is black as far as the base of vein 4, with a -white subapical band composed of three large spots in cellules 4-6; the black colour forms at the costal margin a narrow streak to the base and at the distal margin as far as the hinder angle a white-dotted band about 3 mm. in breadth. The hindwing shows an unspotted black band about 2 mm. broad and close at the base is somewhat suffused with grey with indications of the black spots of the underside. The under surface of the forewing is similar to the upper, but relieved with grey at ...
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