2.5-3 mm. in breadth and the median band of the hindwing in the female light yellow instead of white. Nyassaland. . The wingspan is 60–65 mm for males and 70–75 mm for females. Subspecies B. a. aganice (Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, southern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe) B. a. montana (Butler, 1888) (from eastern Kenya to northern Tanzania) B. a. nicega Suffert (southern Tanzania, southern Zaire (Shaba), north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi) B. a. nyassae Carpenter (southern Malawi) B. a. orientalis Ungemach (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda) B. a. ugandae van Someren, 1936 (northern shore of Lake Victoria) Biology Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from the end of October to March. The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Passiflora caerulea and Adenia gummifera. Taxonomy See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 References External links Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 d ssp. montana and nominate aganice Images representing Acraea aganice at Bold Images representing Acraea aganice montana at Bold Acraeini Butterflies described in 1852