Pseudacraea semire

Pseudacraea semire
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudacraea
Species: P. semire
Binomial name
Pseudacraea semire
(Cramer, 1779)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio semire Cramer, 1779
  • Papilio hyppolite Drury, 1782

Pseudacraea semire, the Green False Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland to sub-montane forest.

The larvae feed on Ouratea species, as well as Campylospermum laeve and Ochna pulchra.

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