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

• Pseudacraea deludens deludens (Malawi)
• Pseudacraea deludens amaurina Neustetter, 1928 (southern Tanzania, Zambia)
• Pseudacraea deludens ducarmei Hecq, 1990 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Pseudacraea deludens echerioides Talbot, 1941 (Uganda: Mount Elgon, Kenya: Mount Elgon and Nandi)
• Pseudacraea deludens morogoro Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania: highlands of the north-east)
• Pseudacraea deludens murphyi Hecq, 1991 (Malawi)
• Pseudacraea deludens reducta Kielland, 1990 (north-eastern Tanzania)
• Pseudacraea deludens rwandaensis Hecq, 1991 (Rwanda)
• Pseudacraea deludens tanganyikae Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania: west to the Mpanda and Kigoma districts)
• Pseudacraea deludens terrena Jackson, 1956 (Uganda: south-west to Kigezi)

References

1. Pseudacraea, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Limenitidini