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Bematistes macarista

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Bematistes macarista
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. macarista
Binomial name
Bematistes macarista
(Sharpe, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Planema macarista Sharpe, 1906
  • Acraea macarista (Sharpe, 1906)
  • Acraea (Acraea) macarista
  • Planema formosa moforsa Suffert, 1904
  • Planema plagioscia Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Planema vendita Wichgraf, 1911
  • Planema macarista macarista f. distincta Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema formosa latefasciata Suffert, 1904
  • Planema macarista rileyi Le Doux, 1937

Bematistes macarista is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Both sexes of this dimorphic species are mimicked by the parallel sexes of Pseudacraea eurytus.

Subspecies

  • Bematistes macarista macarista (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
  • Bematistes macarista latefasciata (Suffert, 1904) (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea)

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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