''Bematistes'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. The genus is often included in ''
Acraea
Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''akraios'') was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology.
*Acraea, the naiad daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymn ...
''.
Species
*''umbra'' species group:
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Bematistes adrasta
''Bematistes adrasta'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is ...
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(Weymer, 1892)
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Bematistes aganice
''Bematistes aganice'', the wanderer, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.
Description
''P. aganice'' Hew. (58 d) nearly approaches the preceding species 'montana'' now ''Bematistes agani ...
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(Hewitson, 1852)
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Bematistes alcinoe
''Bematistes alcinoe'', the alcinoe bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, ...
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(Felder, 1865)
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Bematistes consanguinea''
(Aurivillius, 1893)
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Bematistes elongata''
(Butler, 1874)
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Bematistes epiprotea''
(Butler, 1874)
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Bematistes excisa''
(Butler, 1874)
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Bematistes formosa''
(Butler, 1874)
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Bematistes macaria''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Bematistes macarista
''Bematistes macarista'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. Description
''P. macarista'' E. Sharpe (59 ...
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(Sharpe, 1906)
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Bematistes obliqua
''Bematistes obliqua'', the yellow-banded bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Description
''P. obliqua'' spec. nov. male- wings blackish above ...
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(Aurivillius, 1913)
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Bematistes persanguinea''
(Rebel, 1914)
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Bematistes poggei
''Bematistes poggei'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zambia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Description
''P. poggei'' Dew. (58 d). The sexes are si ...
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(Dewitz, 1879)
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Bematistes pseudeuryta''
(Godman & Salvin, 1890)
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Bematistes quadricolor''
Rogenhöfer, 1891
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Bematistes scalivittata
''Bematistes scalivittata'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Description
.
'' P. scalivittata'' Btlr. (58 d) is very similar to '' aganice'', only differing in the narrow white transverse b ...
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(Butler, 1896)
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Bematistes umbra''
(Drury, 782
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Bematistes vestalis
''Bematistes vestalis'', the smoky bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the D ...
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(Felder, 1865)
*''epaea'' species group:
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Bematistes epaea
''Bematistes epaea'', the common bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Co ...
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(Cramer, 1779)
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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.
Description
.
'' ...
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(Aurivillius, 1893)
*''
incertae sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'':
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Bematistes indentata
''Bematistes indentata'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon. Description
.
''P. identata'' Btlr. (59 e) is similar to '' P. excisa''. male: transverse band of the forewing narrower than in ''excisa'' ; hindwing ab ...
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(Butler, 1895)
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Bematistes leopoldina
''Bematistes leopoldina'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Description
.
''P. leopoldina'' Auriv. (59 c) agrees with elatedspecies in the transverse band of the ...
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(Aurivillius, 1895)
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Acraea simulata'' is sometimes placed in the ''masamba'' group of ''
Acraea
Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''akraios'') was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology.
*Acraea, the naiad daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymn ...
'', sometimes included in the ''Bematistes umbra'' group.
External links
''Bematistes''archived link to an old version of Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Acraeini
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Francis Hemming
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