Bematistes quadricolor
| Bematistes quadricolor | |
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| Bematistes quadricolor figure 3 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. quadricolor |
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| Bematistes quadricolor (Rogenhöfer, 1891)[1] | |
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Bematistes quadricolor is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on Adenia cissampeloides, Vitis and Passiflora species
Subspecies
- Bematistes quadricolor quadricolor (north-eastern Tanzania)
- Bematistes quadricolor itumbana (Jordan, 1910) (eastern Tanzania)
- Bematistes quadricolor latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892) (western Uganda, Burundi, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri and Kivu)
- Bematistes quadricolor leptis (Jordan, 1910) (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, north-eastern Tanzania)
- Bematistes quadricolor mahale Kielland, 1990 (western Tanzania)
- Bematistes quadricolor morogoro Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 (north-eastern Tanzania)
- Bematistes quadricolor uluguru Kielland, 1990 (eastern Tanzania)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Bematistes quadricolor |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 c
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 d ssp. latifasciata
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 d ssp. leptis
- Images representing Acraea quadricolor at Bold.
- Acraea quadricolor latifasciata at Pteron
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