Pseudacraea
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| Pseudacraea boisduvali | |
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| Tribe: | Limenitidini (disputed)
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| Genus: | Pseudacraea Westwood, 1850
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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:[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
- ^ "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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