Acraea quirinalis

Acraea quirinalis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the central and eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.^[3]

Acraea quirinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. quirinalis
Binomial name
Acraea quirinalis Grose-Smith, 1900 [1][2]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) quirinalis

Description

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A. quirinalis Smith is very similar to the preceding species, [ A. orestia ] but has a sharply defined red-yellow basal area on the upperside of the forewing, reaching the apex of the cell and vein 3 and enclosing a black longitudinal streak in the basal part of the cell; the red-yellow colour on the forewing quite the same as that of the hindwing; marginal band of the hindwing distinctly broader than in orestia, about 4 mm. in breadth. Eastern Congo district; Uganda; German and British East Africa. ^[4]

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron and Laportea ovalifolia.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea masamba species groupbut see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[5]