Protogoniomorpha anacardii
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Clouded Mother-of-Pearl (Protogoniomorpha anacardii) is a species of Nymphalidae
butterfly found in tropical Africa
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Wingspan: 55–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females.
Flight period is year-round, peaking in summer and autumn.
Larval food is Asystasia
, Brillantaisia
, Isoglossa
, Justicia
, Mimulopsis
, and Paulowilhelmia species.
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
butterfly found in tropical Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Wingspan: 55–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females.
Flight period is year-round, peaking in summer and autumn.
Larval food is Asystasia
Asystasia
The genus Asystasia belongs to the family Acanthaceae and comprises approximately 70 species found in the tropics, including the weedy species Asystasia gangetica.-Selected species:* Asystasia africana C.B...
, Brillantaisia
Brillantaisia
Brillantaisia is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains the following species :* Brillantaisia lancifolia, Lindau* Brillantaisia nyanzarum Burkill...
, Isoglossa
Isoglossa
Isoglossa is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae.-Selected species:* Isoglossa nervosa C.B.Clarke* Isoglossa woodii...
, Justicia
Justicia
Justicia is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. The roughly 420 species it contains are native to tropical to warm temperate regions of the Americas, with two species occurring north into cooler temperate regions...
, Mimulopsis
Mimulopsis
Mimulopsis is a genus in the flowering plant family Acanthaceae with about 30 species native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.-Selected species:Some species of Mimulopsis:* Mimulopsis affinis Baker * Mimulopsis alpina Chiov....
, and Paulowilhelmia species.
Subspecies
- P. a. anacardii
- P. a. duprei (Vinson, 1863)
- P. a. nebulosa Trimen, 1881