Pseudacraea imerina

Pseudacraea imerina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pseudacraea
Species:	P. imerina
Binomial name
	Pseudacraea imerina; (Hewitson, 1865)
Synonyms
	Diadema imerinaHewitson, 1865; Panopea glaucinaGuenée, 1865; Pseudacraea glaucina anjouanaCollins, 1991;

Last updated January 30, 2022

Pseudacraea imerina is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros.^[3]

Description

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glaucina group -the only species of this group differs very considerably from all others and is quite isolated. P. glaucina Guen. Forewing black with two large green spots at the base of cellules 1 b and 2; cell short, green with three black spots at the anterior margin; midway between the cell and the apex of the wing 5 small, free green spots in cellules 3-6 and 9, arranged in a curve; small greenish submarginal dots. Hindwing unicolorous black above, with a triangular chalk-white spot at the costal margin in cellule 7 and very small whitish submarginal dots; beneath dark grey, at the distal margin blackish and at the hindmargin yellowish white to beyond the middle. Madagascar; rare. ^[4]

Subspecies

Pseudacraea imerina imerina (southern and eastern Madagascar)
Pseudacraea imerina anjouanaCollins, 1991 (Comoro Islands: Anjouan)

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Gallery

P. imerina imerina

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References

↑ Hewitson W.C. ,1865 in Hewitson W.C. and Saunders, W. W. llustrations of new species of exotic butterflies : selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson London : John Van Voorst, [1856]-1876.
↑ "Pseudacraea Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Hewitson W.C. ,1865 in Hewitson W.C. and Saunders, W. W. llustrations of new species of exotic butterflies : selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson London : John Van Voorst, [1856]-1876.

[funet-2] "Pseudacraea Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-3] Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini

[4] Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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