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Acraea encedana

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Acraea encedana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Acraea
Species:
A. encedana
Binomial name
Acraea encedana
Pierre, 1976[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) encedana
  • Acraea encedon ab. alcippina Aurivillius, 1899
  • Acraea encedon ab. radiata Aurivillius, 1905
  • Acraea encedon f. dairalcippa Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea encedon f. micropunctata Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea encedon f. macropunctata Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea encedon ab. radiofasciata Stoneham, 1943
  • Acraea encedana morph dairana Pierre, 1976

Acraea encedana, the Encedana Acraea or Pierre's Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of open areas near swampy ground.

Adults feed on the flowers of Tridax species.

The larvae feed on Desmodium salicifolium.

References

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  1. ^ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini


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