Pseudacraea dolomena

Pseudacraea dolomena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pseudacraea
Species:	P. dolomena
Binomial name
Pseudacraea dolomena (Hewitson, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
Diadema dolomena Hewitson, 1865 Diadema macularia Capronnier, 1889 Pseudacraea albolineata Richelmann, 1913 Pseudacraea dolomena ab. albovittata Schultze, 1920 Pseudacraea dolomena dolomena f. pseudepiprotea Jackson, 1951 Pseudacraea albostriata Lathy, 1906 Pseudacraea dolomena var. dolabella Hall, 1919 Pseudacraea dolomena kayonza f. flava Jackson, 1956 Pseudacraea dolomena pharsa Fruhstorfer, 1903 Pseudacraea dolichiste Hall, 1919 Pseudacraea dolomena usagarae f. unguru Jackson, 1951

Pseudacraea dolomena, the Variable False Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

It mimics Bematistes species, but is not a very good mimic. It is probably more reliant on its more powerful flight for protection from predators.

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 Pachystela subcaudata and Afrosersalisia species.

Subspecies

• Pseudacraea dolomena dolomena (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia)
• Pseudacraea dolomena albostriata Lathy, 1906 (Uganda: Lake Victoria)
• Pseudacraea dolomena congoensis Jackson, 1951 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Pseudacraea dolomena elgonensis Jackson, 1951 (Uganda: east to the western slopes of Mount Elgon, Kenya: slopes of Mount Elgon)
• Pseudacraea dolomena kayonza Jackson, 1956 (Uganda: south-west to Kigezi)
• Pseudacraea dolomena usagarae Staudinger, 1891 (north-eastern Tanzania)

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