Acraea encoda

Acraea encoda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. encoda
Binomial name
Acraea encoda
Pierre, 1981
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) encoda

Acraea encoda is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Biology

The larvae feed on Commelina species.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea encedon species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014

References

  1. ↑ Pierre, J. 1981 Une nouvelle espece d’Acraea dans le complexe ultra-specifique ‘encedon’. (Lep. Acraeidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 86 (3-4): 79-87.
  2. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine