Pseudacraea

Pseudacraea is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified.

Pseudacraea
Pseudacraea boisduvali
Scientific classification
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Limenitidini (disputed)
Genus:
Pseudacraea

Westwood, 1850
Synonyms
  • Panopea Hübner, [1819]
  • Chloropoea Aurivillius, 1898

Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

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References

  1. "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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