Acraea pseudolycia

Acraea pseudolycia
Acraea pseudolycia forms and nominate figures 1-6 and 10
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. pseudolycia
Binomial name
Acraea pseudolycia Butler, 1874
Synonyms
Acraea (Acraea) pseudolycia Acraea astrigera f. brunnea Eltringham, 1911 Acraea astrigera Butler, 1899 Acraea emini Weymer, 1903 Acraea pseudolycia astrigera f. auasa Gabriel, 1949

Acraea pseudolycia is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Sudan and Ethiopia.

Subspecies

• Acraea pseudolycia pseudolycia (Angola, western Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba, Maniema)
• Acraea pseudolycia astrigera Butler, 1899 (central and eastern Kenya, Tanzania, eastern Zambia, Malawi, northern Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia)

Taxonomy

Acraea pseudolycia is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The clade members are:

• Acraea anemosa
• Acraea pseudolycia
• Acraea turna

External links

• Images representing Acraea pseudolycia at Bold.
• Images representing Acraea pseudolycia astrigera at Bold.
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 60 f as pseudolycia and astrigera