Bematistes quadricolor

Bematistes quadricolor
Bematistes quadricolor figure 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species: B. quadricolor
Binomial name
Bematistes quadricolor
(Rogenhöfer, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Planema quadricolor Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Acraea quadricolor (Rogenhofer, 1891)
  • Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor
  • Planema quadricolor itumbana Jordan, 1910
  • Planema latifasciata Sharpe, 1892
  • Bematistes quadricolor latifasciata ab. pallescens Gabriel, 1939
  • Planema quadricolor leptis Jordan, 1910

Bematistes quadricolor is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Adenia cissampeloides, Vitis and Passiflora species

Subspecies

References

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