Pseudacraea lucretia
Pseudacraea lucretia, the false diadem or false chief, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa.
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Male P. l. lucretia Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
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Female P. l. protacta Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
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Male P. l. protacta
The wingspan is 60–72 mm for males and 65–68 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from January to July.[2]
The larvae feed on Mimusops obovata, Mimusops zeheri, Mimusops caffra, Englerophytum magalismontanum, E. natalense and Chrysophyllum viridifolium.
Subspecies
- Pseudacraea lucretia lucretia (Senegal to Nigeria)
- Pseudacraea lucretia apaturoides (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Madagascar)
- Pseudacraea lucretia comorana Oberthür, 1890 (Comoro Islands: Anjouan)
- Pseudacraea lucretia expansa Butler, 1878 (South Africa (Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga) Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, east of the Rift Valley in Tanzania and Kenya)
- Pseudacraea lucretia gamae Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (São Tomé and Príncipe: Principe)
- Pseudacraea lucretia karthalae Collins, 1991 (Comoro Islands: Grand Comore Island)
- Pseudacraea lucretia protracta (Butler, 1874) (Cameroon to Angola, Zaire, Uganda, southern Sudan, western Tanzania, western Kenya)
- Pseudacraea lucretia tarquinia (Trimen, 1868) (Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal)
- Pseudacraea lucretia walensensis (Sharpe, 1896) (southern Ethiopia)
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References
- "Pseudacraea Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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