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The False Diadem or False Chief (''Pseudacraea lucretia'') is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa. The wingspan is 60–72 mm for males and 65–68 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from January to July.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae feed on ''Mimusops obovata'', ''Mimusops zeheri'', ''Mimusops caffra'', ''Englerophytum magalismontanum'', ''E. natalense'' and ''Chrysophyllum viridifolium''. ==Subspecies== *''Pseudacraea lucretia lucretia'' (Senegal to Nigeria) *''Pseudacraea lucretia apaturoides'' (C. & R. Felder, ()) (Madagascar) *''Pseudacraea lucretia comorana'' Oberthür, 1890 (Comoro Islands: Anjouan) *''Pseudacraea lucretia expansa'' Butler, 1878 (South Africa (Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga) Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, east of the Rift Valley in Tanzania and Kenya) *''Pseudacraea lucretia gamae'' Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (São Tomé and Príncipe: Principe) *''Pseudacraea lucretia karthalae'' Collins, 1991 (Comoro Islands: Grand Comore Island) *''Pseudacraea lucretia protracta'' (Butler, 1874) (Cameroon to Angola, Zaire, Uganda, southern Sudan, western Tanzania, western Kenya) *''Pseudacraea lucretia tarquinia'' (Trimen, 1868) (East Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal) *''Pseudacraea lucretia walensensis'' (Sharpe, 1896) (southern Ethiopia) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pseudacraea lucretia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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