Pseudacraea poggei

Pseudacraea poggei
Figure 2 (accompanying original description)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudacraea
Species: P. poggei
Binomial name
Pseudacraea poggei
(Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolimnas poggei Dewitz, 1879
  • Pseudacraea poggei f. carpenteri Poulton, 1918

Pseudacraea poggei, the false monarch or monarch false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, Namibia (Caprivi), northern Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of woodland.

Adults mimic Danaus chrysippus and have a similar flight pattern, but it is slightly faster.

The larvae feed on Chrysophyllum bangweolense.

References

  1. ↑ Pseudacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini


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