Bematistes epiprotea

Bematistes epiprotea
	Bematistes epiprotea depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. epiprotea
Binomial name
	Bematistes epiprotea; (Butler, 1874)
Synonyms
	Planema epiprotea Butler, 1874; Acraea epiprotea (Butler, 1874); Acraea (Acraea) epiprotea; Planema epiprotea ab. conformis Schultze, 1923;

Bematistes epiprotea, the Insipid Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

The larvae feed on Barteria species.

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