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Acraea pseudolycia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

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Similar
  
Acraea braesia, Acraea insignis, Acraea quirina

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

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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

    Acraea pseudolycia Wikipedia
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