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
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
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

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". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.


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