Bematistes indentata

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Bematistes indentata
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Bematistes indentata and related species
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. indentata
Binomial name
Bematistes indentata
(Butler, 1895) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Planema indentataButler, 1895
  • Acraea indentata(Butler, 1895)
  • Acraea (Acraea) indentata

Bematistes indentata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon. [3]

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Description

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P. identata Btlr. (59 e) is similar to P. excisa . male: transverse band of the forewing narrower than in excisa; hindwing above similar to that of macaria , but lighter, with broad, light yellowish to light brown median band. female: transverse band of the forewing white; median band of the hindwing white or slightly yellowish, narrower than in excisa female, distinct also beneath and basally very sharply defined, narrower than the dark distal margin. Cameroons to Angola. [4]

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References

  1. ↑ Butler, A.G. 1895. Descriptions of new species of Planema in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 16: 415-417.
  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.PD-icon.svg 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 Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine


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