Bematistes excisa

Bematistes excisa
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. excisa
Binomial name
Bematistes excisa (Butler, 1874) [1] [2]
Synonyms
Planema excisaButler, 1874 Acraea excisa(Butler, 1874) Acraea (Acraea) excisa

Bematistes excisa, the excised bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[3]

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

P. excisa Btlr. (58 c). The differences between this species and Bematistes pseudeuryta [ are given under that species] . The orange-yellow transverse band of the forewing has an almost uniform breadth of 8-10mm. and is separated from the distal margin throughout; it is basally prolonged at the hindmargin and usually also accompanied proximally by yellow scales on both sides of vein 2. The upperside of the hindwing is brown-yellow nearly to the base, with free black dots in the basal part, black veins, sharply defined black marginal band about 3 mm. in breadth, and in the distal half with thick black streaks on the interneural folds. The forewing beneath as above, only somewhat lighter. The hindwing beneath yellow-brown to the distal margin, at the base a little darker and more reddish; the basal dots standing out sharply; the veins and the interneural streaks black as above. The female is considerably larger and has the transverse band of the fore wing white, interrupted in cellule lb, and the ground-colour of the hindwing above yellowish white; the dark marginal band of the latter is somewhat broader and less sharply defined; the under surface of the hindwing is light smoke-brown, somewhat darker at the distal margin and a little more yellowish at the base. Cameroons to the Congo. . ^[4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests with a dense understorey.

The larvae feed on Adenia cisampelloides .

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[5]

References

1. Butler, A.G. 1874. Descriptions of new African lepidoptera. Cistula Entomologica 1: 209-217.
2. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
4. 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 .
5. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 c
• Images representing Acraea excisa at Bold