Bematistes epiprotea, the insipid bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and western Tanzania.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. epiprotea
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| Bematistes epiprotea | |
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Description
editP. epiprotea Btlr. (58 b) is distinguished by having the transverse band of the forewing placed far beyond the apex of the cell, so that it may be regarded rather as a subapical than a median band; it is straight, directed towards the hindmargin and posteriorly bounded by vein 3, in the male smoke-yellow and 4 mm. in breadth, in the female white and 7 mm. in breadth; in the male the basal part of the forewing to vein 3 is smoke-brown, but in the female black-brown with a small white hindmarginal spot, which only reaches the fold of cellule 1 b, but is continued on the hindwing as an indistinct median band to vein 2 or 3. In the male the hindwing is smoke-brown above, somewhat darker towards the distal margin. The under surface of the hindwing in both sexes is smoke-grey to the base. Niger to the Congo.[4]
Biology
editThe habitat consists of lowland forests.
The larvae feed on Barteria species.
Taxonomy
editSee Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
References
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- ^ Butler, A.G. 1874 Descriptions of new African lepidoptera. Cistula Entomologica 1: 209-217.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
External links
edit- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 b
- Images representing Acraea epiprotea at Bold
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