''Acraea ansorgei'' is a
butterfly
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in the family
Nymphalidae
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. It is found in
Kenya
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Uganda
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and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Description
''A. conjuncta'' Sm. (''ansorgei'') has an expanse of only 46 mm. and the sexes are similarly marked and coloured. Wings above with blackish, beneath with dark grey ground-colour; the dark ochre-yellow hindmarginal spot is about 4 mm. in breadth, reaches vein 3 without completely covering the base of cellule 2, occasionally also forms a small spot at the base of cellule 3 and joins the spot in the cell, which, however, forms almost a right angle with the hindmarginal spot; the small subapical spots are also dark yellow; the hindwing is dark yellow, at the base and the inner and distal margins blackish; the marginal band about 3 mm. in breadth. The under surface is lighter, but otherwise little different. British East Africa. f. ''interrupta'' Eltr. has the
median transverse band of the forewing broken up into separate spots.- female-ab. ''silacea'' Eltr. The light markings of the upper surface are light yellow. - female-ab. ''mutata'' Eltr. only differs from ''silacea'' in having the subapical spots of the forewing white.- female-ab. ''pica'' Eltr. has all the light markings white.- female-ab. ''lutealba'' Eltr. has the light spots of the forewing orange-yellow and the median band of the hindwing white.-female-ab. ''suffusa'' Eltr. is characterized by having the fore wing blackish only at the base and apex, otherwise suffused with orange-yellow; on the hindwing the marginal band is irrorated with yellow scales.-''ansorgei''. ''A. ansorgei'' Sm.
pecies in SeitzThe forewing marked almost exactly as in ''conjuncta'' ; the hindwing above unicolorous orange-yellow, beneath clearer yellow with a nebulous grey median band; the light markings are sometimes cream-yellow and the subapical dots of the fore wing white. Hitherto only females known. British East Africa.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the ''
Acraea jodutta''
species group
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.- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014
[ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea']
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Methods and use
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Butterflies described in 1898
ansorgei
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
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