Pseudacraea boisduvali

Pseudacraea boisduvali, or Boisduval's false acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

It has an extensive range which includes much of the tropics and subtropics of sub-Saharan Africa.

Fore wing in the distal part more or less semitransparent with thick black longitudinal streaks between the veins, at least in cellules 2 and 3; the black spots in the basal half are large and rounded and are present both in the cell and in cellules 1a–2; it should be specially noted that one of these spots is placed on vein 2.

[2] The larvae feed on the foliage of various members of the Sapotaceae, namely Chrysophyllum, Mimusops (including M. obovata and M. zeyheri), Manilkara discolor and Englerophytum (including E. magalismontanum and E. natalense).

Pseudacraea boisduvali is, with Acraea egina and Graphium ridleyanus, a member of a mimicry complex.

Male and female of the southernmost race, P. b. trimenii , illustrated in Seitz (1910)
Male P. b. trimenii basking on foliage in Lekgalameetse Provincial Park , South Africa