Protogoniomorpha anacardii

Clouded mother-of-pearl
	P. a. duprei
	Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Junoniini
Genus:	Protogoniomorpha
Species:	P. anacardii
Binomial name
	Protogoniomorpha anacardii; (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Approximate range P. a. anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758) P. a. nebulosa (Trimen, 1881) P. a. ansorgei (Rothschild, 1904) P. (a.) duprei (Vinson, 1863)
Synonyms
	Papilio anacardii Linnaeus, 1758; Salamis anacardii; Salamis anacardii ansorgei Rothschild, 1904; Salamis definata Butler, 1879; Salamis duprei var. billerei Oberthür, 1925; Salamis nebulosa Trimen, 1881; Salamis anacardii var. lurida Niepelt, 1920; Salamis anacardii f. formosa Stoneham, 1965; Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa f. trimeni van Son, 1979;

Protogoniomorpha anacardii, the clouded mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in tropical Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 55–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females.^[2]

Its flight period is year-round, peaking in summer and autumn.^[2]

Subspecies

P. a. anacardii — Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria, Central African Republic to the Rift Valley
P. a. ansorgei (Rothschild, 1904) — Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
P. a. duprei (Vinson, 1863) — Madagascar
P. a. nebulosa Trimen, 1881 — Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, Yemen

^ ^a ^b ^c Salamis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b ^c Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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