Bematistes aganice

Wanderer
Original illustration (figure 6) in Hewitson's Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Acraeini
Genus: Bematistes
Species: B. aganice
Binomial name
Bematistes aganice
(Hewitson, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea aganice Hewitson, 1852
  • Planema montana Butler, 1888
  • Acraea bertha Vuillot, 1891
  • Planema meruana Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Planema chanleri Holland, 1896 Named for William A. Chanler.[2][3]
  • Planema aganice nicega Suffert, 1904
  • Planema aganice r. nyassae Carpenter, 1920
  • Planema aganice orientalis Ungemach, 1932
  • Bematistes aganice ugandae van Someren, 1936

The Wanderer (Bematistes aganice) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.

The wingspan is 60–65 mm for males and 70–75 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from October/November to March.[4]

The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Passiflora caerulea and Adenia gummifera.

Subspecies

References

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