Bematistes tellus
| Bematistes tellus | |
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| 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] | |
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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
- Bematistes tellus tellus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Bematistes tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910) (central and eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Bematistes tellus schubotzi (Grünberg, 1911) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri and northern Kivu, Uganda: west to Bwamba)
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- 1 2 Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 a
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 a ssp eumelis
- Images representing Acraea tellus at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea tellus eumelis at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea schubotzi at Bold.
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