• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Variegated Wizard

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Acraea masamba silia	Mabille, 1885
  Acraea silia	Mabille, 1885

• Telchinia silia is a member of the clade Telchinia parrhasia-parrhasia:

• Species	Author
  Telchinia buschbecki	(Dewitz, 1889)
  Telchinia circeis	(Drury, 1782)
  Telchinia grosvenori	(Eltringham, 1912)
  Telchinia masamba	(Ward, 1872)
  Telchinia oreas	(Sharpe, 1891)
  Telchinia parrhasia	(Fabricius, 1793)
  Telchinia pelopeia	(Staudinger, 1896)
  Telchinia peneleos	(Ward, 1871)
  Telchinia quirinalis	(Grose-Smith, 1900)
  Telchinia sambavae	(Ward, 1873)
  Telchinia semivitrea	(Aurivillius, 1895)
  Telchinia silia	(Mabille, 1885)
  Telchinia strattipocles	(Oberthür, 1893)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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