Pseudacraea is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified.
Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas.
Species Listed alphabetically:"Pseudacraea Westwood, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Pseudacraea acholica Riley, 1932 Pseudacraea annakae Knoop, 1988 Pseudacraea boisduvali (Doubleday, 1845) Pseudacraea clarki Butler, 1892 Pseudacraea deludens Neave, 1912 Pseudacraea dolomena (Hewitson, 1865) Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pseudacraea fulvaria Butler, 1876 Pseudacraea hostilia (Drury, 1782) Pseudacraea imerina (Hewitson, ) Pseudacraea kuenowi Dewitz, 1879 Pseudacraea lucretia (Cramer, 1775) Pseudacraea peyrierasi Collins, 1991 Pseudacraea poggei (Dewitz, 1879) Pseudacraea rubrobasalis Aurivillius, 1903 Pseudacraea ruhama Hewitson, 1873 Pseudacraea ruwenzorica Grünberg, 1912 Pseudacraea semire (Cramer, ) Pseudacraea simulator Grose-Smith, 1873 Pseudacraea striata Butler, 1876 Pseudacraea theorini Aurivillius, 1891 Pseudacraea victoris Eltringham, 1929 Pseudacraea warburgi Aurivillius, 1892
References
Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO. Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. Lees DC, Kremen C, and Raharitsimba T. 2003. "Classification, diversity and endemism of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): a revised species checklist". In: Goodman SM and Benstead JP, eds. The Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 762–793.
External links
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 46