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.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
Larval food (by plant species):
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: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Pseudarcraea boisduvalii trimenii.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403550, retrieved 26 April 2024

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