Pseudacraea
| Pseudacraea | |
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| Pseudacraea boisduvali | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Limenitidini |
| Genus: | PseudacraeaWestwood, 1850 |
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Pseudacraea is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribeLimenitidini 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:[1]
- Pseudacraea acholicaRiley, 1932
- Pseudacraea annakaeKnoop, 1988
- Pseudacraea boisduvali(Doubleday, 1845)
- Pseudacraea clarkiButler, 1892
- Pseudacraea deludensNeave, 1912
- Pseudacraea dolomena(Hewitson, 1865)
- Pseudacraea eurytus(Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pseudacraea fulvariaButler, 1876
- Pseudacraea hostilia(Drury, 1782)
- Pseudacraea imerina(Hewitson, [1865])
- Pseudacraea kuenowiDewitz, 1879
- Pseudacraea lucretia(Cramer, 1775)
- Pseudacraea peyrierasiCollins, 1991
- Pseudacraea poggei(Dewitz, 1879)
- Pseudacraea rubrobasalisAurivillius, 1903
- Pseudacraea ruhamaHewitson, 1873
- Pseudacraea ruwenzoricaGrünberg, 1912
- Pseudacraea semire(Cramer, [1779])
- Pseudacraea simulatorGrose-Smith, 1873
- Pseudacraea striataButler, 1876
- Pseudacraea theoriniAurivillius, 1891
- Pseudacraea victorisEltringham, 1929
- Pseudacraea warburgiAurivillius, 1892
References
- ^"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.
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