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Acraea encedon (Linné, 1758)
Subspecies
[
Acraea
] encedon encedon (Linné, 1758)
-
lycia
(Fabricius, 1775)
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sganzini
(Boisduval, 1833)
-
fulva
(Doubleday, [1848])
-
daira
(Godman & Salvin, 1884)
-
braunei
(Staudinger, 1885)
-
infuscata
(Staudinger, 1885)
-
usagarae
(Vuillot, 1891)
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ascrepticia
(Strand, 1912)
-
fumosa
(Aurivillius, 1913)
-
commixta
(Poulton, 1913)
-
alcippoides
(Le Doux, 1923)
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nigeriae
(Schultze, 1923)
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perradiata
(Le Cerf, 1927)
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carbonaria
(Le Cerf, 1927)
-
poultoni
(Le Doux, 1931)
-
infuscatoides
(Le Doux, 1931)
-
umbratalcippina
(Le Doux, 1931)
-
lycoides
(Le Doux, 1931)
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fulvoides
(Le Doux, 1931)
-
encedonoides
(Le Doux, 1931)
-
aurantiaca
(Le Doux, 1931)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
25
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
1153
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
254
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
UBQ
:
Can be found in nearly all types of habitats
UBQ
Distribution
Geographical 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.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011