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Pseudacraea lucretia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Pseudacraea lucretia

Rank
  
Subspecies

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Pseudacraea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Pseudacraea, Pseudacraea boisduvali, Pseudacraea eurytus, Pseudacraea semire, Pseudacraea clarkii

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Pseudacraea lucretia, the false diadem or false chief, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa.

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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.

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) (Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Pseudacraea lucretia walensensis (Sharpe, 1896) (southern Ethiopia)

    • References

    Pseudacraea lucretia Wikipedia
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