Pseudacraea poggei

Pseudacraea poggei
Figure 2 (accompanying original description)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pseudacraea
Species:	P. poggei
Binomial name
Pseudacraea poggei (Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
Hypolimnas poggei Dewitz, 1879 Pseudacraea poggei f. carpenteri Poulton, 1918

Pseudacraea poggei, the False Monarch or Monarch False Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Angola, Namibia (Caprivi), northern Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba) and western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of woodland.

Adults mimic Danaus chrysippus and have a similar flight pattern, but it is slightly faster.

The larvae feed on Chrysophyllum bangweolense.

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