Acraea encedon

White-barred acraea
Nominate subspecies in Madagascar and South Africa respectively
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. encedon
Binomial name
Acraea encedon
Synonyms
  • Papilio encedon Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hyalites encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Telchinia encedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Papilio encedonia Linnaeus, 1767
  • Papilio lycia Fabricius, 1775
  • Acraea sganzini Boisduval, 1833
  • Acraea lycia var. fulva Doubleday, 1848
  • Acraea daira Godman and Salvin, 1884
  • Acraea braunei Staudinger, 1885
  • Acraea lycia ab. infuscata Staudinger, 1885
  • Acraea usagarae Vuillot, 1891
  • Acraea encedon lycia ab. ascrepticia Strand, 1912
  • Acraea encedon ab. fumosa Aurivillius, 1913
  • Acraea encedon f. commixta Poulton, 1913
  • Acraea encedon f. alcippoides Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea encedon var. nigeriae Schultze, 1923
  • Acraea encedon f. perradiata Le Cerf, 1927
  • Acraea encedon lycia f. carbonaria Le Cerf, 1927
  • Acraea encedon f. poultoni Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea encedon f. infuscatoides Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea encedon f. umbratalcippina Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea encedon f. lycoides Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea lycia f. fulvoides Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea lycia encedonoides Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea lycia f. aurantiaca Le Doux, 1931

Acraea encedon, the common acraea, white-barred acraea or encedon acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia. It is one of the species of Acraea sometimes separated in Telchinia.

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