Acraea utengulensis Thurau, 1903

Liseki, Steven D. & Vane-Wright, Richard I., 2018, Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: Nymphalidae subfamily Helconiinae, Journal of Natural History 52 (39 - 40), pp. 2511-2552 : 2518

[ Acraea utengulensis Thurau, 1903 ]

Kielland 1990: pl. 47, 4 figs. d ’ Abrera 1997: 165 (2 figs). SI: Figure 5a – h.

Forewing length: male 26.0 – 35.0 mm [mean (n = 14) 29.57 mm, SD = 2.129]; female 22.5.0 – 32.0 mm [mean (n = 9) 28.82 mm, SD = 2.319].

Note: Females of this species are more or less infumed or olivaceous, in comparison to the bright orange of the males. Kielland (1990, pl. 47) illustrated two ‘ dry season ’ forms – these are less heavily maculated than the two ‘ wet season ’ specimens he shows and those that we illustrate in SI (Figure 5); such individuals could be confused with A. pudorina .