Bematistes macarista

Bematistes macarista
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. macarista
Binomial name
*Bematistes macarista* (Sharpe, 1906)^[1]
Synonyms
Planema macarista Sharpe, 1906 Acraea macarista (Sharpe, 1906) Acraea (Acraea) macarista Planema formosa moforsa Suffert, 1904 Planema plagioscia Bethune-Baker, 1908 Planema vendita Wichgraf, 1911 Planema macarista macarista f. distincta Le Doux, 1937 Planema formosa latefasciata Suffert, 1904 Planema macarista rileyi Le Doux, 1937

Bematistes macarista is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Both sexes of this dimorphic species are mimicked by the parallel sexes of Pseudacraea eurytus.

Subspecies

Bematistes macarista macarista (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
Bematistes macarista latefasciata (Suffert, 1904) (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea)

References

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↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini

External links

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 b macarista macarista and c (latefasciata) d macarista macarista
Images representing Acraea macarista at Bold.
Images representing Acraea macarista distincta at Bold.

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