Acraea encedana

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea encedana.

Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea encedana

↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini

External links

Acraea encedana Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
Acraea encedana Image collection Dominique Bernaud
Acraea encedana at Pteron

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