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Bematistes epiprotea

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Bematistes epiprotea
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. epiprotea
Binomial name
Bematistes epiprotea
(Butler, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Planema epiprotea Butler, 1874
  • Acraea epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
  • Acraea (Acraea) epiprotea
  • Planema epiprotea ab. conformis Schultze, 1923

Bematistes epiprotea, the insipid bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

The larvae feed on Barteria species.

References

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  1. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.


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