Bematistes consanguinea

Bematistes consanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. consanguinea
Binomial name
Bematistes consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
Acraea consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1893) Planema consanguinea Aurivillius, 1893 Acraea (Acraea) consanguinea Planema consanguinea f. inaequalis Le Doux, 1931 Planema albicolor Karsch, 1895 Planema arenaria Sharpe, 1902 Planema consanguinea albicolor f. flava Le Doux, 1931 Planema consanguinea var. intermedia Aurivillius, 1899 Planema consanguinea f. conspicua Le Doux, 1937 Planema consanguinea f. peregrina Le Doux, 1937 Planema consanguinea sartina Jordan, 1910

Bematistes consanguinea depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana

Bematistes consanguinea, the Blood-brother Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Barteria nigritiana.

Subspecies

• Bematistes consanguinea consanguinea (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon)
• Bematistes consanguinea albicolor (Karsch, 1895) (south-eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Bematistes consanguinea intermedia (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zambia)
• Bematistes consanguinea sartina (Jordan, 1910) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

1. Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 e albicolor male
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 b albicolor female
• Bematistes consanguinea Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
• Images representing Acraea consanguinea at Bold
• Images representing Acraea consanguinea albicolor at Bold