Pseudarcraea boisduvalii trimenii - Boisduval's false Acraea

Species details:

Notes: Mimics certain species of Acraea.
Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and Limpopo , Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa.
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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, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Pseudarcraea boisduvalii trimenii.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403550, retrieved 17 February 2025

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