Acraea dammii

A. dammii Vollenh. (53 b). Forewing to the apex of the cell and hindwing not or scarcely beyond the black spots scaled with red (male) or white (female); the hyaline marginal band of the hindwing is consequently broad, reaching the black spot in 3; the large black spot in 7 is placed much nearer to the base than the one in 6. Madagascar. - cuva Smith (57 a) [ now species Acraea cuva] differs in having the red (male) or dirty yellow (female) scaling on both wings extended much further distad; hence the hyaline marginal band of the hindwing is only about 2 mm. in breadth; hindwing usually with 6 to 8 discal dots, occasionally only with 5, ab. nidama Suff. [ = Acraea cuva ] German and British East Africa.