Acraea pseudolycia

Acraea pseudolycia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Sudan and Ethiopia.[2]

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[1]
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

Subspecies
  • Acraea pseudolycia pseudolycia (Angola, western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the 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:

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References
  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.


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