White-barred Acraea Acraea encedon
A butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia. 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
Size: 5100px × 3399px
Location: Lake Bosumtwi, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
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Model Released: No
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