Acraea necoda is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the central and northern plateau in Ethiopia.
Description Very close to Acraea encedon q.v.
Biology The larvae feed on Urtica species.
Taxonomy Hyalites (group encedon) Henning, 1993 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 Telchinia (Telchinia) Henning & Williams, 2010 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 Acraea (Actinote) (group encedon subgroup encedon) Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus Acraea Butterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers
See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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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