Acraea encedana, the Encedana Acraea or Pierre's Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Angola, the Democratic Republic of 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.