Bematistes epiprotea

Bematistes epiprotea
Bematistes epiprotea depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species: B. epiprotea
Binomial name
Bematistes epiprotea
(Butler, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Planema epiprotea Butler, 1874
  • Acraea epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
  • Acraea (Acraea) epiprotea
  • Planema epiprotea ab. conformis Schultze, 1923

Bematistes epiprotea, the Insipid Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

The larvae feed on Barteria species.

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