Bematistes obliqua
| Bematistes obliqua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. obliqua |
| Binomial name | |
| Bematistes obliqua (Aurivillius, 1913)[1] | |
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Bematistes obliqua, the Yellow-banded Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane forest.
This species is mimicked by a form of Pseudacraea eurytus.
The larvae feed on Adenia cisampelloides.
Subspecies
- Bematistes obliqua obliqua (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Bematistes obliqua elgonense (Poulton, 1927) (Uganda: western slopes of Mount Elgon)
- Bematistes obliqua kivuensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (Uganda: west to the highlands, Democratic Republic of Congo: east to Kivu and Ituri)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Bematistes obliqua |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Images representing Acraea obliqua at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea obliqua kivuensis at Bold
- Acraea obliqua kivuensis at Pteron
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