Pseudacraea lucretia
False Chief | |
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male P. l. protacta | |
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female P. l. protacta both Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
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 | |
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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 (São Tomé and Príncipe: 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
- ↑ Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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