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Clouded Mother-of-Pearl
Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Nymphalidae - brushfoots »  genus Protogoniomorpha

Scientific synonyms

Papilio anacardii Linnaeus, 1758 o
Salamis anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salamis definata Butler, 1879
Salamis anacardii f. formosa Stoneham, 1965 (unavailable name) unav.
Salamis anacardii var. lurida Niepelt, 1920

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Type taxon of:Protogoniomorpha Wallengren, 1857 (Papilio anacardii Linnaeus, 1758)
IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Protogoniomorpha anacardii anacardii

Protogoniomorpha anacardii - Clouded Mother-of-Pearl

Protogoniomorpha anacardii - Clouded Mother-of-Pearl

Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa

Taxon in country check-lists*

Africa: Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Asia: Yemen

* List of countries might not be complete

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Similar species

Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Druce, 1782) - Common Mother-of-Pearl
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Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Protogoniomorpha anacardii anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Protogoniomorpha anacardii anacardii

subspecies Protogoniomorpha anacardii ansorgei (Rothschild, 1904)
subspecies Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)

Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa


Links and literature

African Butterfly Database (ABDB) [Protogoniomorpha_anacardii]

S. Sáfián, B. Kormos: African Butterfly Database (ABDB) [https://abdb-africa.org/] [as Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 8 January 2025
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [185242556]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
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o original combination

unav. unavailable name - published name that does not conform to the rules of Code



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