Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea | |
Similar Acraea encedon, Acraea pharsalus, Acraea bonasia, Acraea quirina, Acraea egina | ||
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 the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. The habitat consists of open areas near swampy ground.
Adults feed on the flowers of Tridax species.
The larvae feed on Desmodium salicifolium.
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