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:

• Acraea anemosa
• Acraea pseudolycia
• Acraea turna

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.

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