Species name	Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781) Common glassy acraea
Taxonomy	Papilio quirina Fabricius, 1781.  Species Insectorum 2: 36 (499 pp.). Hamburgi & Kilonii. Type locality: [Africa]:
Subspecies	Acraea (Acraea) quirina quirina (Fabricius, 1781) Acraea (Acraea) quirina rosa Eltringham, 1912: Ethiopia, Kenya (north and east), Tanzania (east), Malawi.
Distribution	Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi. .
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Biology	Host plant: Rinorea elliotii (Verbenaceae) [Owen, 1971 (Sierra Leone)]. Rinorea subintegrifolia (Verbenaceae) [Owen, 1971 (Sierra Leone)]. Drypetes sp. (Euphorbiaceae) [Owen, 1971 (Sierra Leone)]. Rinorea poggei Engler (Verbenaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 323]. Rinorea convallariflora Brandt (Verbenaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 323].
Nigeria♂
Nigeria♂
References	Acraea, Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraein