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Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
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The False Wanderer (Pseudacraea eurytus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa.
The wingspan is 60-68 mm for males and 65-75 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from December to May. There is a strong peak in late summer.[2]
The larvae feed on Mimusops obovata, Englerophytum magalismontanum and Chrysophyllum viridifolium.
Subspecies
- Pseudacraea eurytus eurytus (southern Senegal (Casamance) to Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, southern Sudan, Uganda, west of the Rift Valley in western Kenya and western Tanzania)
- Pseudacraea eurytus imitator Trimen, 1873 (South Africa, southern Mozambique)
- Pseudacraea eurytus conradti Oberthür, 1893
- Pseudacraea eurytus obscura Neave, 1904 (Uganda)
- Pseudacraea eurytus mimoras Ungemach, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia)
References
- ^ Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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