Pseudacraea lucretia

False Chief
male P. l. protacta
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
  • Papilio lucretia Cramer, 1775
  • Panopea tarquinia Trimen, 1868
  • Papilio sulpitia Fabricius, 1793
  • Panopaea apaturoides Felder & Felder, [1867]
  • Pseudacraea apaturoides
  • Pseudacraea drusilla Saalmüller, 1878
  • Pseudacraea comorana Oberthür, 1890
  • Pseudacraea serena Mabille, 1890
  • Panopea expansa Butler, 1878
  • Pseudacraea delagoae Trimen & Bowker, 1887
  • Panopea heliogenes Butler, 1896
  • Pseudacraea lucretia expansa f. xantha Poulton, 1926
  • Pseudacraea lucretia kenyae Poulton, 1926
  • Pseudacraea lucretia expansa f. particolor Talbot, 1943
  • Pseudacraea gamae Joicey & Talbot, 1927
  • Panopea protracta Butler, 1874
  • Pseudacraea lucretia ab. ramosa Schultze, 1920
  • Pseudacraea lucretia protracta morph pseudolucretia Bernardi, 1965
  • Panopea tarquinea Trimen, 1868
  • Panopea walensensis Sharpe, 1896
  • Pseudacraea lucretia var. expansa ab. eliana Strand, 1911

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

References

  1. Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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