Bematistes quadricolor

Bematistes quadricolor
	Figure 3
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. quadricolor
Binomial name
	Bematistes quadricolor; (Rogenhöfer, 1891)
Synonyms
	Planema quadricolor Rogenhofer, 1891; Acraea quadricolor (Rogenhofer, 1891); Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor; Planema quadricolor itumbana Jordan, 1910; Planema latifasciata Sharpe, 1892; Bematistes quadricolor latifasciata ab. pallescens Gabriel, 1939; Planema quadricolor leptis Jordan, 1910;

Bematistes quadricolor is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Adenia cissampeloides, Vitis and Passiflora species

Subspecies

B. q. quadricolor (north-eastern Tanzania)
B. q. itumbana (Jordan, 1910) (eastern Tanzania)
B. q. latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892) (western Uganda, Burundi, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and Kivu)
B. q. leptis (Jordan, 1910) (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, north-eastern Tanzania)
B. q. mahale Kielland, 1990 (western Tanzania)
B. q. morogoro Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 (north-eastern Tanzania)
B. q. uluguru Kielland, 1990 (eastern Tanzania)

^ "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.

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