Bematistes aganice

Wanderer
Original illustration (figure 6) in Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species: B. aganice
Binomial name
Bematistes aganice
(Hewitson, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea aganice Hewitson, 1852
  • Planema montana Butler, 1888
  • Acraea bertha Vuillot, 1891
  • Planema meruana Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Planema chanleri Holland, 1896 named for William A. Chanler.[2][3]
  • Planema aganice nicega Suffert, 1904
  • Planema aganice r. nyassae Carpenter, 1920
  • Planema aganice orientalis Ungemach, 1932
  • Bematistes aganice ugandae van Someren, 1936

Bematistes aganice, the wanderer, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.

The wingspan is 60–65 mm for males and 70–75 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from the end of October to March.[4]

The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Passiflora caerulea and Adenia gummifera.

Subspecies

References

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  1. ↑ Bematistes Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Orator Fuller Cook, East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1895.
  3. ↑ William Jacob Holland, List of the Lepidoptera collected in East Africa, 1894, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieutenant Ludwig von Höhnel, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1896.
  4. ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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