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Pseudacraea eurytus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Pseudacraea eurytus

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Pseudacraea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Pseudacraea, Pseudacraea lucretia, Pseudacraea boisduvali, Pseudacraea semire, Aterica galene

Pseudacraea eurytus, the false wanderer, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa.

The wingspan is 60–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from December to May. There is a strong peak in late summer.

The larvae feed on Mimusops obovata, Englerophytum magalismontanum, E. natalense and Chrysophyllum viridifolium.

Subspecies

  • Pseudacraea eurytus eurytus (southern Senegal (Casamance) to Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, southern Sudan, Uganda, west of the Rift Valley in western Kenya and western Tanzania)
  • Pseudacraea eurytus imitator Trimen, 1873 (South Africa, southern Mozambique)
  • Pseudacraea eurytus conradti Oberthür, 1893 (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, eastern Tanzania, Malawi, northern Mozambique)
  • Pseudacraea eurytus obscura Neave, 1904 (Uganda)
  • Pseudacraea eurytus mimoras Ungemach, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia)

    • References

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