Pseudarcraea boisduvalii trimenii - Boisduval's false Acraea

Species details:

Note: Mimics certain species of Acraea.
Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and Limpopo , Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa.
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Related plant species:
SapotaceaeEnglerophytum magalismontanum (Larval foodplant)
SapotaceaeMimusops zeyheri (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 107.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 120.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Limenitinae, p. 76, Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Pseudarcraea boisduvalii trimenii.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403550, retrieved 28 March 2024

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