Pseudacraea kuenowii
Pseudacraea kuenowii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Pseudacraea |
Species: | P. kuenowii |
Binomial name | |
Pseudacraea kuenowii Dewitz, 1879[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Pseudacraea kuenowii, Kuenow’s False Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults mimic Acraea elongata.
Subspecies
- Pseudacraea kuenowii kuenowii (southern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia)
- Pseudacraea kuenowii burgessi Jackson, 1951 (Uganda: slopes of Mount Elgon, Kenya: slopes of Mount Elgon)
- Pseudacraea kuenowii gottbergi Dewitz, 1884 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, western Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Pseudacraea kuenowii hypoxantha Jordan, 1911 (Uganda)
- Pseudacraea kuenowii kigezi Jackson, 1956 (Uganda: west to the Kigezi and Ankole districts)
References
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- ↑ Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini
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