Pseudacraea lucretia

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False Diadem
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudacraea
Species: P. lucretia
Binomial name
Pseudacraea lucretia
(Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio lucretia Cramer, 1775
  • Panopea tarquinia Trimen, 1868
  • Papilio sulpitia Fabricius, 1793
  • Panopaea apaturoides Felder & Felder, [1867]
  • Pseudacraea apaturoides
  • Pseudacraea drusilla Saalmüller, 1878
  • Pseudacraea comorana Oberthür, 1890
  • Pseudacraea serena Mabille, 1890
  • Panopea expansa Butler, 1878
  • Pseudacraea delagoae Trimen & Bowker, 1887
  • Panopea heliogenes Butler, 1896
  • Pseudacraea lucretia expansa f. xantha Poulton, 1926
  • Pseudacraea lucretia kenyae Poulton, 1926
  • Pseudacraea lucretia expansa f. particolor Talbot, 1943
  • Pseudacraea gamae Joicey & Talbot, 1927
  • Panopea protracta Butler, 1874
  • Pseudacraea lucretia ab. ramosa Schultze, 1920
  • Pseudacraea luretia protracta morph pseudolucretia Bernardi, 1965
  • Panopea tarquinea Trimen, 1868
  • Panopea walensensis Sharpe, 1896
  • Pseudacraea lucretia var. expansa ab. eliana Strand, 1911

The False Diadem or False Chief (Pseudacraea lucretia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa.

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 (Sao Tome and Principe: 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) (East Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Pseudacraea lucretia walensensis (Sharpe, 1896) (southern Ethiopia)

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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