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Acraea necoda

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Acraea necoda
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. necoda
Binomial name
Acraea necoda
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) necoda

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

Description

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Very close to Acraea encedon q.v.

Biology

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The larvae feed on Urtica species.

Taxonomy

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  • 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]

References

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  1. ^ Hewitson, W.C. 1857-1861. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 2 iv, [1-124].London.
  2. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  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 Acraea Butterflies 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
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