Bematistes tellus

Bematistes tellus

Bematistes tellus depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. tellus
Binomial name
*Bematistes tellus* (Aurivillius, 1893)^[1]
Synonyms
Planema tellus Aurivillius, 1893 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

Bematistes tellus, the Orange Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Adenia species.

Subspecies

Bematistes tellus tellus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Bematistes tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910) (central and eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
Bematistes tellus schubotzi (Grünberg, 1911) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri and northern Kivu, Uganda: west to Bwamba)

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