Acantholipes circumdata is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from India and Pakistan through Afghanistan and Iran to the Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa.

Acantholipes circumdata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Acantholipes
Species:	A. circumdata
Binomial name
Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858[1]
Synonyms
Docela affinis Butler, 1880 Acantholipes flavisigna Moore, 1881 Acantholipes nigrisigna Moore, 1881 Docela vetustalis Walker 1866 Acantholipes circumdatus (Walker, 1858)

There are multiple generations per year.

The larvae feed on Taverniera spartea.

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• Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.