Bematistes tellus

Bematistes tellus
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Bematistes
Species: B. tellus
Binomial name
Bematistes tellus
Synonyms
  • Planema tellus Aurivillius, 1893[2]
  • Acraea tellus (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Acraea (Acraea) tellus
  • Planema epaea lustella Suffert, 1904
  • Planema tellus ab. subapicalis Strand, 1914
  • Planema tellus ab. albofasciata Neustetter, 1916
  • Planema tellus ab. helichta Neustetter, 1916
  • Planema tellus f. ferruginea Le Doux, 1937
  • Bematistes tellus tellus f. bernardi Berger, 1981
  • Planema tellus eumelis Jordan, 1910
  • Planmea schubotzi Grünberg, 1911

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.

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)

References

  1. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Aurivillius, Chr. (1893). "Beiräge zur kenntniss der Insektenfana von Kamerun. 2". Entomologisk tidskrift. 14: 280–281.
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
  4. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina


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