''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly

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in the subfamily

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. Their placement in the

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Limenitidini Limenitidini is a tribe of brush-footed butterflies of the subfamily Limenitidinae. Genera In alphabetical order: – sisters * ''Athyma'' Westwood, 850/small> – sergeants * '' Auzakia'' Moore, 898/small> * '' Cymothoe'' Hübner, 819/small> ...

remains to be verified. Some of these species are

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Acraeinae The Acraeini are a tribe of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. Genera The recognized genera are: Tree of Life * '' Abananote'' Potts, 1943 * '' Acraea'' Fabricius, 1807 – acraeas * ''Actinote'' Hübner, ...

and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas.

Species

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Pseudacraea eurytus ''Pseudacraea eurytus'', the false wanderer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa. Description The numerous forms of this group dolomena'' and ''Pseudacraea rubrobasalis">rubrobasalis''] may be known at once by the ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Pseudacraea fulvaria'' Butler, 1876 *'' Pseudacraea hostilia'' (Drury, 1782) *''

Pseudacraea imerina ''Pseudacraea imerina'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Mada ...

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*'' Pseudacraea kuenowi'' Dewitz, 1879 *''

Pseudacraea lucretia ''Pseudacraea lucretia'', the false diadem or false chief, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa. Description . ''lucretia'' group. The species of this group are easy to separate from those of the preceding groups by ...

'' (Cramer, 1775) *'' Pseudacraea peyrierasi'' Collins, 1991 *''

Pseudacraea poggei ''Pseudacraea poggei'', the false monarch or monarch false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, Namibia (Caprivi), northern Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and western Tanzania. D ...

'' (Dewitz, 1879) *''

Pseudacraea rubrobasalis ''Pseudacraea rubrobasalis'', the lesser variable false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda }), is a landlo ...

'' Aurivillius, 1903 *''

Pseudacraea ruhama ''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acra ...

'' Hewitson, 1873 *''

Pseudacraea ruwenzorica ''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acra ...

'' Grünberg, 1912 *''

Pseudacraea semire ''Pseudacraea semire'', the green false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republi ...

'' (Cramer,

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Pseudacraea simulator ''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acra ...

'' Grose-Smith, 1873 *''

Pseudacraea striata ''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acra ...

'' Butler, 1876 *''

Pseudacraea theorini ''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acra ...

'' Aurivillius, 1891 *''

Pseudacraea victoris ''Pseudacraea'' is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified. Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acra ...

'' Eltringham, 1929 *''

Pseudacraea warburgi ''Pseudacraea warburgi'', the incipient false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic o ...

'' Aurivillius, 1892

References

*Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. '' Carcasson's African Butterflies''. Canberra: CSIRO. *Larsen, T. B. 2005 ''Butterflies of West Africa''. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. *Lees DC, Kremen C, and Raharitsimba T. 2003. "Classification, diversity and endemism of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): a revised species checklist". In: Goodman SM and Benstead JP, eds. ''The Natural History of Madagascar''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 762-793.

External links

TOLSeitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 46
Limenitidinae Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by John O. Westwood {{Limenitidinae-stub