Bematistes adrasta is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.
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| Bematistes adrasta adrasta, male from Nguru, Zanzibar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. adrasta
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| Bematistes adrasta | |
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Subspecies
edit- Bematistes adrasta adrasta — southern coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania
- Bematistes adrasta pancalis (Jordan, 1910) — Democratic Republic of the Congo
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Bematistes adrasta.
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
External links
edit- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 f
- Images representing Acraea adrasta at Bold
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