Acraea (Acraea) quirina subsp. quirina Fabricius 1781

195. Acraea (Acraea) quirina quirina (Fabricius, 1781) WL: 21mm. This is a forest species that may also occur in the forest transition to Guinea savanna. It is known from Senegal to Angola, eastwards to western Kenya and Tanzania and south Sudan. A second subspecies, A. q. rosa, is known from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania east of the Rift valley and Malawi. Known host-plants are species of Rinorea (Violaceae) and Drypetes (Euphorbiaceae). Studied material. Tombali: Mato de Lautchande (PNFC), 0 9.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 29121/29122). Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Consciência et al. (2008). Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: C; CS: LC.Published as part of Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4201 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19221