Pseudacraea kuenowii

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

Pseudacraea kuenowii, or Kuenow's false acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. 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.

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

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