Bematistes quadricolor

Bematistes quadricolor is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

Bematistes quadricolor
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. quadricolor
Binomial name
Bematistes quadricolor
Synonyms
  • Planema quadricolor Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Acraea quadricolor (Rogenhofer, 1891)
  • Acraea (Acraea) quadricolor
  • Planema quadricolor itumbana Jordan, 1910
  • Planema latifasciata Sharpe, 1892
  • Bematistes quadricolor latifasciata ab. pallescens Gabriel, 1939
  • Planema quadricolor leptis Jordan, 1910

The larvae feed on Adenia cissampeloides, Vitis and Passiflora species

Subspecies
  • B. q. quadricolor (north-eastern Tanzania)
  • B. q. itumbana (Jordan, 1910) (eastern Tanzania)
  • B. q. latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892) (western Uganda, Burundi, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and Kivu)
  • B. q. leptis (Jordan, 1910) (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, north-eastern Tanzania)
  • B. q. mahale Kielland, 1990 (western Tanzania)
  • B. q. morogoro Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 (north-eastern Tanzania)
  • B. q. uluguru Kielland, 1990 (eastern Tanzania)

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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