Description
''A. orina''. This species differs from the nearly allied '' parrhasia'' in having the forewing fully scaled, with sharply defined red markings. Fore wing black above with a long red stripe in the cell and in 1 b and red discal spots in 2-6 or at least in 2. Hindwing black above with broad red median band, which only covers the extreme apex of the cell, or in the female red to the base with black dots. Under surface of the fore wing to beyond the middle reddish, then yellowish, with black veins and thick black streaks; hindwing with yellow ground colour, large black dots in the basal area and thick black streaks on the interneural folds. - ''orina'' Hew. (= ''orinata'' Oberth. 57 a). Forewing with red (male, female) or white (female) discal spots in cellules 3–6. Sierra Leone to the Congo. - f. ''nigroapicalis'' Auriv. Forewing without light spots in cellules 3–6. Cameroons to Uganda (57 a); ''orina'' is a transitional form with red spot only in 3. - ''orineta'' Eltr. ''Acraea orinata'' ">Acraea_orinata.html" ;"title="''Acraea orinata">''Acraea orinata'' is the eastern race and is characterized by having the red markings of the forewing more extended and the basal area on the hindwing above black in the female also; the light spots in cellules 4-6 of the forewing in the female are sometimes whitish, sometimes red as in the male. Uganda, as aberration also in West Africa.Biology
The habitat consists of forest clearings and edges. Adults males Mud-puddling">mud puddle A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface. A puddle is generally shallow enough to walk through, and too sm ...Taxonomy
It is a member of the ''Acraea circeis'' Acraea (butterfly)#Systematics and taxonomy, species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea'References
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