Acraea pseudegina

Acraea pseudegina
Acraea pseudegina from Somalia. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Acraeini
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. pseudegina
Binomial name
Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852
Synonyms
Acraea abadima Ribbe, 1889 Acraea clarei Neave, 1904 Acraea natalica pseudegina f. stephanophora Le Cerf, 1927 Acraea natalica abadima f. inexpectata Le Doux, 1931

Acraea pseudegina is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

Mating

Description

Acraea pseudegina has a wingspan reaching about 45–55 millimetres (1.8–2.2 in). In this quite variable species the uppersides of the forewings are usually smoky black, with some black spots. Fringes are black except on the inder margins of both wings where they are yellowish. The uppersides of the hindwings have brick-red colour. An irregular row of nine spots shown by transparency from the underside crosses the discal area of the wings. The underside is similar to the upperside, but there is a series of black marking on the edge of the hind wings. Larvae feed on Passiflora and Cephalomma species.

Distribution

This species can be found in Senegal, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Western Kenya, Somalia and Southern Ethiopia.

Biology

The larvae feed on Passiflora and Cephalomma species.

References

• Funet
• Biolib
• Acraea

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55 f
• Images representing Acraea pseudegina at Bold.
• Acraea pseudegina
• Acraea pseudegina
• Papillons di Gabon

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