Bematistes macaria

Bematistes macaria, the black-spot bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Bematistes macaria
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. macaria
Binomial name
Bematistes macaria
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio macaria Fabricius, 1793
  • Acraea macaria (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Acraea (Acraea) macaria

The larvae feed on Adenia species.

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.


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