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Acraea encedon (Linné, 1758)

Subspecies

  • [Acraea] encedon encedon (Linné, 1758)
    - lycia (Fabricius, 1775)
    - sganzini (Boisduval, 1833)
    - fulva (Doubleday, [1848])
    - daira (Godman & Salvin, 1884)
    - braunei (Staudinger, 1885)
    - infuscata (Staudinger, 1885)
    - usagarae (Vuillot, 1891)
    - ascrepticia (Strand, 1912)
    - fumosa (Aurivillius, 1913)
    - commixta (Poulton, 1913)
    - alcippoides (Le Doux, 1923)
    - nigeriae (Schultze, 1923)
    - perradiata (Le Cerf, 1927)
    - carbonaria (Le Cerf, 1927)
    - poultoni (Le Doux, 1931)
    - infuscatoides (Le Doux, 1931)
    - umbratalcippina (Le Doux, 1931)
    - lycoides (Le Doux, 1931)
    - fulvoides (Le Doux, 1931)
    - encedonoides (Le Doux, 1931)
    - aurantiaca (Le Doux, 1931)

Adult morphologyWingspan25
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1153
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)254
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
UBQ:
Can be found in nearly all types of habitats
UBQ
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
AFR:
Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated
AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Commelinaceae
    - Commelina

  • Commelinaceae
    - Commelina

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011