Acraea necoda

Acraea necoda
	Figure 9
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. necoda
Binomial name
	Acraea necoda; Hewitson, 1861
Synonyms
	Acraea (Actinote) necoda;

Last updated August 11, 2025

Acraea necoda is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the central and northern plateau in Ethiopia.^[3]

Description

Very close to Acraea encedon q.v.

Biology

The larvae feed on Urtica species.

Taxonomy

Hyalites (group encedon) Henning, 1993 ^[4]
Telchinia (Telchinia) Henning & Williams, 2010 ^[5]
Acraea (Actinote) (group encedon subgroup encedon) Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 ^[6]

References

↑ Hewitson, W.C. 1857-1861. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 2 iv, [1-124].London.
↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
↑ Henning, G. A., 1993 Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Metamorphosis 4 (1): 5-18, (2): 53-68
↑ Henning, G.A. & Williams, M.C. 2010 Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical taxa of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Metamorphosis 21 (1) : 2-38
↑ Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus AcraeaButterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers
↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 e
Acraea necoda Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
Acraea aglaonice Image collection Dominique Bernaud

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[1] Hewitson, W.C. 1857-1861. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 2 iv, [1-124].London.

[funet-2] "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-3] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

[4] Henning, G. A., 1993 Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Metamorphosis 4 (1): 5-18, (2): 53-68

[5] Henning, G.A. & Williams, M.C. 2010 Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical taxa of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Metamorphosis 21 (1) : 2-38

[6] Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus AcraeaButterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers

[7] Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

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