Acraea encedon

White-barred acraea
	Nominate subspecies in Madagascar and South Africa respectively
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. encedon
Binomial name
	Acraea encedon; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Papilio encedon Linnaeus, 1758; Hyalites encedon (Linnaeus, 1758); Telchinia encedon (Linnaeus, 1758); Papilio encedonia Linnaeus, 1767; Papilio lycia Fabricius, 1775; Acraea sganzini Boisduval, 1833; Acraea lycia var. fulva Doubleday, 1848; Acraea daira Godman and Salvin, 1884; Acraea braunei Staudinger, 1885; Acraea lycia ab. infuscata Staudinger, 1885; Acraea usagarae Vuillot, 1891; Acraea encedon lycia ab. ascrepticia Strand, 1912; Acraea encedon ab. fumosa Aurivillius, 1913; Acraea encedon f. commixta Poulton, 1913; Acraea encedon f. alcippoides Le Doux, 1923; Acraea encedon var. nigeriae Schultze, 1923; Acraea encedon f. perradiata Le Cerf, 1927; Acraea encedon lycia f. carbonaria Le Cerf, 1927; Acraea encedon f. poultoni Le Doux, 1931; Acraea encedon f. infuscatoides Le Doux, 1931; Acraea encedon f. umbratalcippina Le Doux, 1931; Acraea encedon f. lycoides Le Doux, 1931; Acraea lycia f. fulvoides Le Doux, 1931; Acraea lycia encedonoides Le Doux, 1931; Acraea lycia f. aurantiaca Le Doux, 1931;

Acraea encedon, the common acraea, white-barred acraea or encedon acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia.^[3] It is one of the species of Acraea sometimes separated in Telchinia.

^ Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp.
^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Metomorphosis" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. 21 (1). Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. March 2010. OCLC 864847323.

[1] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp.

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

[3] "Metomorphosis" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. 21 (1). Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. March 2010. OCLC 864847323.

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White-barred acraea


Nominate subspecies in Madagascar and South Africa respectively
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. encedon
Binomial name
*Acraea encedon* (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[1]^[2]
Synonyms
Papilio encedon Linnaeus, 1758 Hyalites encedon (Linnaeus, 1758) Telchinia encedon (Linnaeus, 1758) Papilio encedonia Linnaeus, 1767 Papilio lycia Fabricius, 1775 Acraea sganzini Boisduval, 1833 Acraea lycia var. fulva Doubleday, 1848 Acraea daira Godman and Salvin, 1884 Acraea braunei Staudinger, 1885 Acraea lycia ab. infuscata Staudinger, 1885 Acraea usagarae Vuillot, 1891 Acraea encedon lycia ab. ascrepticia Strand, 1912 Acraea encedon ab. fumosa Aurivillius, 1913 Acraea encedon f. commixta Poulton, 1913 Acraea encedon f. alcippoides Le Doux, 1923 Acraea encedon var. nigeriae Schultze, 1923 Acraea encedon f. perradiata Le Cerf, 1927 Acraea encedon lycia f. carbonaria Le Cerf, 1927 Acraea encedon f. poultoni Le Doux, 1931 Acraea encedon f. infuscatoides Le Doux, 1931 Acraea encedon f. umbratalcippina Le Doux, 1931 Acraea encedon f. lycoides Le Doux, 1931 Acraea lycia f. fulvoides Le Doux, 1931 Acraea lycia encedonoides Le Doux, 1931 Acraea lycia f. aurantiaca Le Doux, 1931