Telchinia has been split from Acraea see Williams, M.C. & Henning, G.A. 2023. Taxonomic revision of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae). Metamorphosis 34: 35–49. Telchinia is accepted by LepSoc Africa and by Markku Savela. This is the only non-Afrotropical species, needs to be swapped for consistency and to allow a genus split of Acraea