It is distinguished from apaturoides by the hindmarginal spot of the forewing, which is smaller, anteriorly rounded, and only reaches the fold of cellule 1 b. Comoros. - apaturoides Fldr. (46 a) has the hindmarginal spot of the forewing sharply defined, almost quadrate and anteriorly cut off straight by vein 2, and the black basal part of the upperside of the hindwing extended as far as vein 2; the white markings of the upper surface are slightly tinged with greenish and the white colour on the underside of the hindwing reaches the base or is there only slightly spotted with yellowish. Madagascar.. The wingspan is 60–72 mm for males and 65–68 mm for females. Subspecies Pseudacraea lucretia lucretia (Senegal to Nigeria) Pseudacraea lucretia apaturoides (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (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) (Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal) Pseudacraea lucretia walensensis (Sharpe, 1896) (southern Ethiopia) Biology Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from January to July. The larvae feed on Mimusops obovata, Mimusops zeyheri, Mimusops caffra, Englerophytum magalismontanum, E. natalense and Chrysophyllum viridifolium. References Butterflies described in 1775 Limenitidinae Taxa named by Pieter Cramer