Protogoniomorpha anacardii

Clouded mother-of-pearl

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Junoniini
Genus:	Protogoniomorpha
Species:	P. anacardii
Binomial name
*Protogoniomorpha anacardii* (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio anacardii Linnaeus, 1758 Salamis anacardii Salamis anacardii ansorgei Rothschild, 1904 Salamis definata Butler, 1879 Salamis duprei var. billerei Oberthür, 1925 Salamis nebulosa Trimen, 1881 Salamis anacardii var. lurida Niepelt, 1920 Salamis anacardii f. formosa Stoneham, 1965 Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa f. trimeni van Son, 1979

Protogoniomorpha anacardii, the clouded mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in tropical Africa.^[1]

Wingspan: 55–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females.^[2]

Flight period is year-round, peaking in summer and autumn.^[2]

Larval food is Asystasia, Brillantaisia, Isoglossa, Justicia, Mimulopsis, and Paulowilhelmia species.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies

P. a. anacardii (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria, Central African Republic to the Rift Valley)
P. a. ansorgei (Rothschild, 1904) (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo)
P. a. duprei (Vinson, 1863) (Madagascar)
P. a. nebulosa Trimen, 1881 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, Yemen)

P. a. nebulosa
P. a. duprei
P. a. anacardii

References

1 2 3 Salamis, funet.fi
1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve. (2004). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publishers, p.130.

Dead Protogoniomorpha anacardii duprei
Vanesa anacardii (= Protogoniomorpha anacardii): plate Dru Drury (1725–1803)

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