It is found from the Eastern Cape along the coast to KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, north-eastern Tanzania.

[2] A. igola Trim, is very similar to the two preceding species, [ A. quirinalis, A. orestia ] but the marginal band of the hindwing is not transparent and the cell is unspotted.

in breadth; the red-yellow colour on the under surface much paler than on the upper; streaks on the interneural folds short, not reaching the distal margin.

In the female the ground-colour is lighter, light ochre-yellow to cream-yellow and the marginal band not sharply defined.

& Kirby has a duller, more brown-yellow ground-colour and the marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing not sharply defined, sometimes broader, sometimes narrower; beneath the hindwing is sometimes coloured as above, sometimes chocolate-brown at the base as far as the discal spots, and then light reddish to the red-brown marginal band.