Acraea encedana

Acraea encedana, the encedana acraea or Pierre's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Angola, the Democratic [Republic of the Congo], Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. The habitat consists of open areas near swampy ground.
Adults feed on the flowers of Tridax species.
The larvae feed on Desmodium salicifolium.

Mimicry

A. encendana is a Müllerian mimic of another butterfly which occurs in Uganda, ''Danaus chrysippus.''

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea encedon species group.but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014