Bematistes tellus
Bematistes tellus, the orange bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of forests.
Orange bematistes | |
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From Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bematistes |
Species: | B. tellus |
Binomial name | |
Bematistes tellus (Aurivillius, 1893)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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It is mimicked by males of Mimacraea apicalis.[4]
The larvae feed on Adenia species.
Subspecies
- Bematistes tellus tellus — Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Bematistes tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910) — central and eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania
- Bematistes tellus schubotzi (Grünberg, 1911) — Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and northern Kivu, Uganda: west to Bwamba
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References
- "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Aurivillius, Chr. (1893). "Beiräge zur kenntniss der Insektenfana von Kamerun. 2". Entomologisk tidskrift. 14: 280–281.
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
External links
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- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 a
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 a ssp. eumelis
- Images representing Acraea tellus at Bold
- Images representing Acraea tellus eumelis at Bold
- Images representing Acraea schubotzi at Bold
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