Pseudacraea deludens is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. 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, subspecies tanganyikae mimics Amauris echeria terrena and subspecies reducta mimics Amauris albimaculata hanningtoni
The larvae feed on Chrysophyllum gorungosanum.
Subspecies
- Pseudacraea deludens deludens (Malawi)
- Pseudacraea deludens amaurina <small>Neustetter, 1928</small> (southern Tanzania, Zambia)
- Pseudacraea deludens ducarmei <small>Hecq, 1990</small> (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Pseudacraea deludens echerioides <small>Talbot, 1941</small> (Uganda: Mount Elgon, Kenya: Mount Elgon and Nandi)
- Pseudacraea deludens morogoro <small>Kielland, 1990</small> (Tanzania: highlands of the north-east)
- Pseudacraea deludens murphyi <small>Hecq, 1991</small> (Malawi)
- Pseudacraea deludens reducta <small>Kielland, 1990</small> (north-eastern Tanzania)
- Pseudacraea deludens rwandaensis <small>Hecq, 1991</small> (Rwanda)
- Pseudacraea deludens tanganyikae <small>Kielland, 1990</small> (Tanzania: west to the Mpanda and Kigoma districts)
- Pseudacraea deludens terrena <small>Jackson, 1956</small> (Uganda: south-west to Kigezi)
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