Pseudacraea
Pseudacraea is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified.
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Tribe: | Limenitidini (disputed) |
Genus: | Pseudacraea Westwood, 1850 |
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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
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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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