Pseudacraea deludens

Pseudacraea deludens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudacraea
Species: P. deludens
Binomial name
Pseudacraea deludens
Neave, 1912[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudacraea amaurina Neustetter, 1928

Pseudacraea deludens is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

In flight, the nominate subspecies is almost impossible to distinguish from its model, Amauris echeria. Subspecies morogoro mimics Amauris echeria serica, ssp. tanganyikae mimics Amauris echeria terrena and ssp. reducta mimics Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni

The larvae feed on Chrysophyllum gorungosanum.

Subspecies

References

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