Bematistes epaea

Common bematistes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species: B. epaea
Binomial name
Bematistes epaea
(Cramer, 1779)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio epaea Cramer, 1779
  • Acraea epaea (Cramer, 1779)
  • Acraea (Acraea) epaea
  • Papilio gea Fabricius, 1781
  • Planema epaea ab. sublutosa Strand, 1914
  • Planema epaea ab. angustifasciata Grünberg, 1910
  • Planema epaea bicolorata Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema epaea f. insolita Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema epaea f. aurata Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema epaea nigrita Le Doux, 1937
  • Acraea epitellus Staudinger, 1896
  • Planema epaea homochroa Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
  • Acraea epaea insulana Ackery, 1995
  • Planema epaea var. insularis Aurivillius, 1910
  • Planema epaea kivuana Jordan, 1910
  • Planema epaea lutosa Suffert, 1904
  • Planema epaea f. cremea Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema epaea var. melina Thurau, 1903
  • Planema paragea Grose-Smith, 1900 May be a full species

Bematistes epaea, the common bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense Guinea savanna.

Both sexes are mimicked by Elymniopsis bammakoo, Pseudacraea eurytus and Mimacraea darwinia, while the female is also the model for the female of Papilio cynorta. Acraea jodutta is probably a co-mimic.

The larvae feed on Lindaeckeria schweinfurthii, Lindaeckeria dentata and Adenia cisampelloides.

Subspecies

References

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