Bematistes aganice
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| Original illustration (figure 6) in Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. aganice
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| Binomial name | |
| Bematistes aganice | |
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Bematistes aganice, the wanderer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.
The wingspan is 60–65 mm for males and 70–75 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from the end of October to March.[4]
The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Passiflora caerulea and Adenia gummifera.
Subspecies
- B. a. aganice (Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, southern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
- B. a. montana (Butler, 1888) (from eastern Kenya to northern Tanzania)
- B. a. nicega Suffert (southern Tanzania, southern Zaire (Shaba), north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi)
- B. a. nyassae Carpenter (southern Malawi)
- B. a. orientalis Ungemach (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda)
- B. a. ugandae van Someren, 1936 (northern shore of Lake Victoria)
References
Wikispecies has information related to Bematistes aganice.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bematistes aganice.
- ^ Bematistes Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Orator Fuller Cook, East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1895.
- ^ William Jacob Holland, List of the Lepidoptera collected in East Africa, 1894, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieutenant Ludwig von Höhnel, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1896.
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 d ssp. montana and nominate aganice
- Images representing Acraea aganice at Bold
- Images representing Acraea aganice montana at Bold
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