Acraea necoda

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

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
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Acraea necoda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. necoda
Binomial name
Acraea necoda
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) necoda
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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]

See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [7]

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