Bematistes elongata

Bematistes elongata
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Bematistes
Species: B. elongata
Binomial name
Bematistes elongata
(Butler, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea elongata (Butler, 1874)
  • Planema elongata Butler, 1874
  • Acraeax (Acraea) elongata
  • Planema elongata var. serena Schultze, 1923
  • Planema elongata f. varia Le Doux, 1937

Bematistes elongata, the elongate bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

This species is mimicked by Pseudacraea kuenowii gottbergi and Mimacraea charmian.

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