Bematistes alcinoe
| Bematistes alcinoe | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. alcinoe |
| Binomial name | |
| Bematistes alcinoe Weymer, 1892[1] | |
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Bematistes alcinoe, the Alcinoe Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Adenia cisampelloides.
Subspecies
- Bematistes alcinoe alcinoe (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
- Bematistes alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893) (Cameroon, Bioko, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
- Bematistes alcinoe nado (Ungemach, 1932) (south-western Ethiopia)
- Bematistes alcinoe racaji Pyrcz, 1991 (island of Principe)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Bematistes alcinoe |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 f ssp. camerunica
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 e, f camerunica
- Images representing Acraea alcinoe at Bold
- Acraea alcinoe alcinoe at Pteron
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