Pseudacraea eurytus

Pseudacraea eurytus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Limenitidinae
Genus:	Pseudacraea
Species:	P. eurytus
Binomial name
	Pseudacraea eurytus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Papilio eurytus Linnaeus, 1758; Papilio hirce Drury, [1782] ; Pseudacraea imitator Trimen, 1873;

The False Wanderer (Pseudacraea eurytus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa.

The wingspan is 60-68 mm for males and 65-75 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from December to May. There is a strong peak in late summer.^[2]

The larvae feed on Mimusops obovata, Englerophytum magalismontanum and Chrysophyllum viridifolium.

Subspecies

Pseudacraea eurytus eurytus (southern Senegal (Casamance) to Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, southern Sudan, Uganda, west of the Rift Valley in western Kenya and western Tanzania)
Pseudacraea eurytus imitator Trimen, 1873 (South Africa, southern Mozambique)
Pseudacraea eurytus conradti Oberthür, 1893
Pseudacraea eurytus obscura Neave, 1904 (Uganda)
Pseudacraea eurytus mimoras Ungemach, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia)

References

^ Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela
^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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[1] Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela

[2] Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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