It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.

in breadth, reaching vein 3 but leaving the base of cellules 1 a and 1 b free; the hindmarginal spot is continued on the hindwing as a median band of equal breadth or somewhat widened; the light markings are dull light-yellow in the male, pure white in the female.

The subapical band of the fore wing is orange-yellow to whitish; the hindwing and the hindmarginal spot of the fore wing are orange- yellow; the former has thick black streaks on the folds and its marginal band is only developed in the anterior part and even there only 2-3 mm.

The subapical band of the forewing white; the hindmarginal spot of the forewing only indicated by light ochre-yellow scales except in la, where it is sharply defined; a white longitudinal streak in 2 near the distal margin; basal half of the hindwing light ochre-yellow, distal half suffused with red-brown and at the apex blackish.

in breadth and narrowed towards the anal angle, beneath dark brown-grey, at the base reddish.

[Acraea jodutta f. inaureata Eltringham, 1912 ] Wings bright brown-yellow at the base of the cell, in l a and 1 b nearly to the distal margin and at the base of cellule 2; subapical band white; hindwing above bright brown-yellow, not darkened at the base and without dark marginal band, at the distal margin with distally thickened black longitudinal streaks.

from the base, while the cell has a nebulous spot and the black parts of the hindwing are narrower.

It is a member of the Acraea jodutta species group but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]