Bematistes scalivittata

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Bematistes scalivittata
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. scalivittata
Binomial name
Bematistes scalivittata
(Butler, 1896) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Planema scalivittataButler, 1896
  • Acraea scalivittata(Butler, 1896)
  • Acraea (Acraea) scalivittata
  • Acraea scalivittata kiellandiCollins, 1990
  • Bematistes scalivittata kiellandiCollins, 1990

Bematistes scalivittata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. [3]

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Description

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P. scalivittata Btlr. (58 d) is very similar to aganice , only differing in the narrow white transverse band of the forewing consisting of two broadly separated parts; one part is placed at the middle of the costal margin and is composed of 5 small spots in cellules 4-6, 10 and 11; the other part only consists of two spots in cellules 2 and 3, placed vertically to the hindmargin and only 2-4mm. from the distal margin; the two divisions of the transverse band are thus about 3 mm. apart at vein 4. Nyassaland. [4]

Subspecies

Biology

The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Adenia species, including A. stolzii .

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References

  1. ↑ Butler, A.G. 1896 Descriptions of some new lepidoptera from Nyasaland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 18: 159-163.
  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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