Bematistes alcinoe

Alcinoe bematistes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. alcinoe
Binomial name
Bematistes alcinoe Weymer, 1892
Synonyms
Acraea alcinoe Felder & Felder, 1865 Acraea (Acraea) alcinoe Planema godmani Butler, 1895 Acraea timandra Karsch, 1893 Planema alcinoe var. camerunica Aurivillius, 1893 Planema salvini Butler, 1895 Planema nado Ungemach, 1932 Acraea alcinoe racaji

Bematistes alcinoe, the alcinoe bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Adenia cisampelloides.

Subspecies

• Bematistes alcinoe alcinoe (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
• Bematistes alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893) (Cameroon, Bioko, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
• Bematistes alcinoe nado (Ungemach, 1932) (south-western Ethiopia)
• Bematistes alcinoe racaji Pyrcz, 1991 (island of Principe)

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 f ssp. camerunica
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 e, f camerunica
• Images representing Acraea alcinoe at Bold
• Acraea alcinoe alcinoe at Pteron