hindwing has a large white spot at the inner margin in cellules 1b to 2 (to 3). Hindwing also beneath with dark marginal band. Marginal streaks thick, but not triangular. German East Africa. rhodina Rothsch. Forewing as in vuilloti ; hindwing also similarly marked, but without white area. Abyssinia. Biology The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation in Guinea savanna. Adults have been recorded from July to September. The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Tectona grandis, Ficus exasperata, Ficus aspersifolia, Ficus sycomorus, Laportea peduncularis, Fleurya ovalifolia and Boehmeria species. Subspecies Acraea pharsalus pharsalus — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko and Annobón, Angola, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania, northern Zambia Acraea pharsalus carmen Pyrcz, 1991 — Equatorial Guinea: island of Príncipe Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides Holland, 1892 — eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique Acraea pharsalus rhodina Rothschild, 1902 — Ethiopia, Sudan: south to the Boma plateau Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea pharsalus species group – but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 References External links Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 d Images representing Acraea pharsalus at Bold Images representing Acraea pharsalus -oides at Bold Images representing Acraea pharsalus carmen at Bold Images representing Acraea pharsalus rhodina at Bold Acraea Acraea pharsalus pharsalus at Pteron Butterflies described in 1871 pharsalus Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Christopher Ward (entomologist)