Pseudacraea

Pseudacraea is an Afrotropical butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. Their placement in the tribe Limenitidini remains to be verified.

Pseudacraea
Pseudacraea boisduvali
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Limenitidini
Genus: Pseudacraea
Westwood, 1850
Synonyms
  • Panopea Hübner, [1819]
  • Chloropoea Aurivillius, 1898

Some of these species are mimics of Acraeinae and the present genus is thus known as false acraeas.

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