Pseudacraea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia Limenitidinae
Tribus: Limenitidini
Genus: Pseudacraea
Species: P. acholica – P. annakae – P. boisduvali – P. clarki – P. deludens – P. dolomena – P. eurytus – P. fulvaria – P. glaucina – P. hostilia – P. imerina – P. kuenowi – P. lucretia – P. peyrierasi – P. poggei – P. rubrobasalis – P. ruhama – P. ruwenzorica – P. semire – P. sibyllina – P. simulator – P. striata – P. theorini – P. victoris – P. warburgi
Name

Pseudacraea Westwood, 1850

Type species: Papilio hirce Drury, 1782 by subsequent designation by Scudder , 1875
References

Collins, S. C., 1991. Some new Pseudacraea from West Madagascar and Comodo Islands (Rhopalocera Nymphalidae). Lambillionea, 91(3): 257–260. Reference page.
Hecq, J. 1987b: Nymphalides rares au Zaïre et au Rwanda. Lambillionea 87(5-6): 73–75. Reference page.
Hecq, J. 1990a: Une nouvelle sous-espece de Pseudacraea au Zaire (Lép. Nyph. afr.). Lambillionea 90(1): 28–29. Reference page.

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 acraeas.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Pseudacraea acholica Riley, 1932
Pseudacraea annakae Knoop, 1988
Pseudacraea boisduvali (Doubleday, 1845)
Pseudacraea clarki Butler, 1892
Pseudacraea deludens Neave, 1912
Pseudacraea dolomena (Hewitson, 1865)
Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pseudacraea fulvaria Butler, 1876
Pseudacraea hostilia (Drury, 1782)
Pseudacraea imerina (Hewitson, [1865])
Pseudacraea kuenowi Dewitz, 1879
Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, 1775)
Pseudacraea peyrierasi Collins, 1991
Pseudacraea poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
Pseudacraea rubrobasalis Aurivillius, 1903
Pseudacraea ruhama Hewitson, 1873
Pseudacraea ruwenzorica Grünberg, 1912
Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, [1779])
Pseudacraea simulator Grose-Smith, 1873
Pseudacraea striata Butler, 1876
Pseudacraea theorini Aurivillius, 1891
Pseudacraea victoris Eltringham, 1929
Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892

References

"Pseudacraea Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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.