Acraea necoda explained

Acraea necoda is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the central and northern plateau in Ethiopia.^[1]

Description

Very close to Acraea encedon q.v.

Biology

The larvae feed on Urtica species.

Taxonomy

• Hyalites (group encedon) Henning, 1993 ^[2]
• Telchinia (Telchinia) Henning & Williams, 2010 ^[3]
• Acraea (Actinote) (group encedon subgroup encedon) Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 ^[4]

See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini . 2012-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810134550/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc . 2012-08-10 . dead .
2. 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
3. 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
4. Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers
5. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf