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Acraea rogersi Hewitson
Acraea rogersi Hewitson, 1873: 57 (Sierra Leone).
= Acraea salambo Grose-Smith, 1887, in Grose-Smith and Kirby, [1887-1902], 10:
5; pi. 2, figs. 3 and 4. = Acraea rogersi lamborni Eltringham, 1912: 61; pi. 14. fig. 17 (Lagos).
The species is found throughout the forests of the Guinean subregion. The nominate coloring is with the ground of both wings reddish; "salambo" has the ground color grey-brown and "lamborni" has a cream colored transverse band on the hindwing while the forewing is reddish. These variations appear to be infrasubspecific. A. rogersi has not been previously recorded from Liberia.
Liberia: Wanau Forest, 1 8 ,11 (Fox); no data, 1 8 (Naysmith).
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bibliographic citation
Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA