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

• Bematistes aganice aganice (Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, southern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
• Bematistes aganice montana (Butler, 1888) (from eastern Kenya to northern Tanzania)
• Bematistes aganice nicega Suffert (southern Tanzania, southern Zaire (Shaba), north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi)
• Bematistes aganice nyassae Carpenter (southern Malawi)
• Bematistes aganice orientalis Ungemach (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda)
• Bematistes aganice ugandae van Someren, 1936 (northern shore of Lake Victoria)

References

1. Bematistes, Site of Markku Savela
2. Orator Fuller Cook, East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1895.
3. William Jacob Holland, List of the Lepidoptera collected in East Africa, 1894, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieutenant Ludwig von Höhnel, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1896.
4. Woodhall, S. (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 d ssp. montana and nominate aganice
• Images representing Acraea aganice at Bold
• Images representing Acraea aganice montana at Bold