Pseudacraea kuenowii

Pseudacraea kuenowii, or Kuenow's false acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Pseudacraea kuenowii
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
  • Pseudacraea gazengeli Oberthür, 1893
  • Pseudacraea kuenowi ab. ochreofasciata Schultze, 1920
  • Pseudacraea kunowi gottbergi f. overlaeti Berger, 1981
  • Pseudacraea kunowi kunowi f. oremansi Hecq, 1992
  • Pseudacraea gottbergi burgessi Jackson, 1951
  • Pseudacraea gottbergi burgessi f. albifascia Jackson, 1951
  • Pseudacraea gottbergi Dewitz, 1884
  • Pseudacraea kuenowi ab. neumanni Thurau, 1904

Adults mimic Acraea elongata.

Subspecies
  • Pseudacraea kuenowii kuenowii (southern and eastern Democratic Republic of the 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 the Congo)
  • Pseudacraea kuenowii hypoxantha Jordan, 1911 (Uganda)
  • Pseudacraea kuenowii kigezi Jackson, 1956 (Uganda: west to the Kigezi and Ankole districts)

References
  1. "Pseudacraea Westwood, [1850]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini


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