Acraea safie

Acraea safie is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia.

Description
A. safie Fldr. (57 b) is a small, very distinct species. Both wings densely scaled, black-brown above; the forewing with three white subapical spots in 4-6 and a yellow spot in 1 b and in 2, the hindwing with a narrow yellow median band, more or less broken up into spots; on the under surface the fore wing is black with sulphur-yellow marginal band striped with black and light discal spots as above; the ground-colour of the hindwing beneath is a lighter or darker yellowish, with or without indication of a median band; black basal dots reduced; marginal streaks fine, occasionally at the proximal end with punctiform thickening. Abyssinia.- f. antinorii Oberth. only differs in having the median band on the upperside of the hindwing absent or incomplete. Abyssinia.

Subspecies

 * Acraea safie safie (northern and central Ethiopia)
 * Acraea safie antinorii Oberthür, 1880 (western and southern Ethiopia)

Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea jodutta species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014