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Bematistes adrasta

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Bematistes adrasta
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. adrasta
Binomial name
Bematistes adrasta
Weymer, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) adrasta
  • Acraea adrasta
  • Acraea machoni Oberthür, 1893
  • Planema haydni Suffert, 1904
  • Planema adrasta pancalis Jordan, 1910

Bematistes adrasta is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Subspecies

  • Bematistes adrasta adrasta (southern coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Bematistes adrasta pancalis (Jordan, 1910) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

  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.