Bematistes vestalis
| Bematistes vestalis | |
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| Illustration in Felder and Felder Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara figures 8 and 9 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. vestalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bematistes vestalis Felder & Felder, 1865[1] | |
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Bematistes vestalis, the Smoky Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.
This species is mimicked by the striata morph of Pseudacraea eurytus.
The larvae feed on Adenia cisampelloides.
Subspecies
- Bematistes vestalis vestalis (Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
- Bematistes vestalis congoensis (Le Doux, 1937) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba and Lushala), western Tanzania)
- Bematistes vestalis stavelia (Suffert, 1904) (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: north-west to Mongala)
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 e
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 a stavelia
- Images representing Acraea vestalis at Bold.
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