Acraea pseudolycia | |
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A. pseudolycia forms and subspecies | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. pseudolycia |
Binomial name | |
Acraea pseudolycia | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea pseudolycia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, which is native to East Africa and Africa's southern subtropics.
It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Sudan and Ethiopia. [3]
A. pseudolycia can scarcely be distinguished by any constant external characters from zetes , but according to Eltringham has the lateral clasps of the male somewhat differently formed. All the forms most nearly approximate to the race acara and give the impression of an extreme development of this. The light groundcolour is more extended on the upper surface of both wings and the marginal spots of the forewing above are either entirely absent (being united with the ground-colour) or are small and placed in a greyish nebulous band which is not sharply defined; on the under surface they are never bounded proximally by a black lunulate line and are usually entirely absent; discal dots of both wings on an average smaller than in acara. [4]
Acraea pseudolycia is a member of the Acraea anemosa species group. The clade members are:
Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud
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