Pseudacraea poggei

Pseudacraea poggei
Figure 2 (accompanying original description)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudacraea
Species:
P. poggei
Binomial name
Pseudacraea poggei
(Dewitz, 1879) [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Hypolimnas poggei Dewitz, 1879
  • Pseudacraea poggei f. carpenteri Poulton, 1918

Pseudacraea poggei, the false monarch or monarch false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, Namibia (Caprivi), northern Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and western Tanzania.[3]

  1. ^ Dewitz, H. 1879. Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldina-Carolinae Germanicum Naturae Curiousorum 41 (2): 173-212.
  2. ^ Pseudacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini