Bematistes tellus

Bematistes tellus
Bematistes tellus depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species: B. tellus
Binomial name
Bematistes tellus
(Aurivillius, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Planema tellus Aurivillius, 1893
  • Acraea tellus (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Acraea (Acraea) tellus
  • Planema epaea lustella Suffert, 1904
  • Planema tellus ab. subapicalis Strand, 1914
  • Planema tellus ab. albofasciata Neustetter, 1916
  • Planema tellus ab. helichta Neustetter, 1916
  • Planema tellus f. ferruginea Le Doux, 1937
  • Bematistes tellus tellus f. bernardi Berger, 1981
  • Planema tellus eumelis Jordan, 1910
  • Planmea schubotzi Grünberg, 1911

Bematistes tellus, the Orange Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

It is mimicked by males of Mimacraea apicalis.[2]

The larvae feed on Adenia species.

Subspecies

References

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