the male and white; the ground-colour of the upper surface much lighter than in the A. Uganda. - female ab. ochreata Eltr. has the light markings of the upper surface light dull ochre-yellow as in the male of jodutta (57 e). Uganda. - pseudepaea Dudg.[ now species Acraea pseudepaea ] is the north-western race and is distinguished from the typical male by the absence of the stripe in the cell of the forewing and by having the hindmarginal spot and the subapical band of the forewing brown-yellow and the hindwing also brown-yellow with triangular black basal area and a marginal band 2 mm. in breadth formed by the union of the black rays. The female is similar to the male but with lighter brown-yellow colour and almost without marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing. Ashanti and Nigeria. Subspecies Acraea althoffi althoffi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south and central to Sankuru and Lualaba) Acraea althoffi bitjana Bethune-Baker, 1926 (Cameroon, Gabon) Acraea althoffi neavei Poulton, 1924 (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania) Acraea althoffi rubrofasciata Aurivillius, 1895 (Central African Republic, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley) Biology The habitat consists of forests. Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea oberthueri 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 althoffi at Bold Butterflies described in 1889 althoffi Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz