| Species name |
Pseudacraea eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
False wanderer; wanderer false acraea;
variable false acraea; common false acraea.
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| Taxonomy |
Papilio eurytus Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae 1, Regnum Animale,
10th edition: 487 (824 pp.). Holmiae. Pseudacraea eurytus eurytus f. terra. Male. Left – upperside;
right – underside. Wingspan: 73mm. Entebbe. Rev Falke. (Henning collection - H225).
Type locality: [Africa]: “in Indiis”. [False locality.] [Lectotype designated by Honey
and Scoble, 2001: 325.]
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| Subspecies |
Pseudacraea eurytus eurytus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pseudacraea eurytus conradti Oberthür, 1893:Kenya (east of Rift Valley),
Tanzania (east), Malawi, Mozambique (north).
Pseudacraea eurytus imitator Trimen, 1873:South Africa (Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal,
Eastern Cape Province).
Pseudacraea eurytus mimoras Ungemach, 1932:Ethiopia (south-west). |
Geographical Range
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Senegal, Guinea-Bissau,
Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia,
Ivory Coast, Ghana. Togo,
Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia,
Mozambique, South Africa.
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Distribution Map
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Biology
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Host plant: Englerophytum (syn. Chrysophyllum) natalense (Sond.) Heine and J.H. Hemsl.
(Sapotaceae) [Fountaine, 1911: 57; (ssp. imitator); Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa; as sp. of Bequartiodendron]. Chrysophyllum viridifolium J.M. Wood and Franks (Sapotaceae) [Platt, 1921:
102; (ssp. imitator)]. Chrysophyllum species (Sapotaceae) [Owen & Owen, 1973 (Sierra Leone)]. Mimusops bagshawi Moore (Sapotaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 319]. Mimusops kummel Bruce ex DC. (Sapotaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 319]. Malacantha alnifolia (Sapotaceae) [Vuattoux and Blandin, 1979 (Ivory Coast)]. Aningeria robusta (Sapotaceae) [Vuattoux and Blandin, 1979 (Ivory Coast)]. Mimusops obovata Sond. (Sapotaceae) [Pringle, et al., 1994: 107; (ssp.
imitator)]. Afrosersalisia species (Sapotaceae) [Amiet, 2000 (Cameroon)]. Pachystela species (Sapotaceae) [Amiet, 2000 (Cameroon)]. Synsepalum species (Sapotaceae) [Amiet, 2000 (Cameroon)]. Englerophytum species (Sapotaceae) [Amiet, 2000 (Cameroon)]. Vincentella species (Sapotaceae) [Amiet, 2000 (Cameroon)]. Pouteria species (Sapotaceae) [Heath, et al., 2002: 65]. Manilkara species (Sapotaceae) [Heath, et al., 2002: 65].
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| Nigeria |
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References
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Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela
Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini |
