Acraea quirinalis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. quirinalis |
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Acraea quirinalis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the central and eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[3]
A. quirinalis Smith is very similar to the preceding species, [ A. orestia ] but has a sharply defined red-yellow basal area on the upperside of the forewing, reaching the apex of the cell and vein 3 and enclosing a black longitudinal streak in the basal part of the cell; the red-yellow colour on the forewing quite the same as that of the hindwing; marginal band of the hindwing distinctly broader than in orestia, about 4 mm. in breadth. Eastern Congo district; Uganda; German and British East Africa. [4]
The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron and Laportea ovalifolia.
