Bematistes consanguinea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. consanguinea
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| Bematistes consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1893)[1]
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Bematistes consanguinea, the blood-brother bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Barteria nigritiana.
Subspecies
- B. c. consanguinea (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon)
- B. c. albicolor (Karsch, 1895) (south-eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- B. c. intermedia (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia)
- B. c. sartina (Jordan, 1910) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bematistes consanguinea.
Wikispecies has information related to Bematistes consanguinea.
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 e albicolor male
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 b albicolor female
- Bematistes consanguinea Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
- Images representing Acraea consanguinea at Bold
- Images representing Acraea consanguinea albicolor at Bold
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