Pseudacraea boisduvali

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Boisduval’s False Acraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudacraea
Species: P. boisduvali
Binomial name
Pseudacraea boisduvali
(Doubleday, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diadema boisduvalii Doubleday, 1845
  • Pseudacraea trimenii Butler, 1874
  • Pseudacraea boisduvali f. beatricia Stoneham, 1965
  • Pseudacraea boisduvali f. westwoodi Stoneham, 1965
  • Pseudacraea boisduvali f. marsabitensis Carpenter and Jackson, 1950
  • Pseudacraea colvillei Butler, 1884
  • Pseudacraea boisduvali var. deficiens Karsch, 1897

Boisduval’s False Acraea (Pseudacraea boisduvali) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in most of Africa, except the north-western quarter.

The wingspan is 65-70 mm for males and 75-88 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from January to May.[2]

The larvae feed on Chrysophyllum, Mimusops (including M. obovata and M. zeyheri), Manilkara discolor and Englerophytum (including E. magalismontanum and E. natalense).

Subspecies

  • Pseudacraea boisduvali boisduvali (Sierra Leone to Zaire, Angola, Uganda, Sudan, western Kenya)
  • Pseudacraea boisduvali trimenii Butler, 1874 (Port St Johns to KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, eastern Kenya)
  • Pseudacraea boisduvali sayonis Ungemach, 1932 (southern Ethiopia)
  • Pseudacraea boisduvali marsabitensis Jackson & Howarth, 1957 (Marsabit, Kulal, Mount Nyiro)
  • Pseudacraea boisduvali pemba Kielland, 1990 (Pemba Island)
Mimicry complex of Acraea egina (top left), Graphium ridleyanus , (top right) and Pseudacraea boisduvali (Boisduval’s False Acraea, bottom)

Mimicry

Pseudacraea boisduvali is, with Acraea egina and Graphium ridleyanus, a member of a mimicry complex.

References

  1. ↑ Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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