198. Acraea (Acraea) umbra umbra (Drury, 1782)

WL: 38mm. The nominate subspecies occurs across West Africa from Gambia and Guinea-Bissau to eastern Nigeria, while A. u. macarioides is distributed from western Cameroon to western Tanzania and northern Zambia . A. u. carpenteri, described from the Bijagós Archipelago (no island reported), is currently considered in the nominate subspecies synonymy (Pierre & Bernaud 2013, 2014). The caterpillars are reported to feed on Adenia cisampelloides (Passifloraceae).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, not frequent (JB)

Previous references. Regions: Bolama. Authors: Le Doux (1937), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Ackery et al. (1995), Larsen (2005), Consciência et al. (2008), Pierre & Bernaud (2013).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: NF; CS: I.