Bematistes aganice
| Wanderer | |
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| 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 |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. aganice |
| Binomial name | |
| Bematistes aganice (Hewitson, 1852)[1] | |
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The Wanderer (Bematistes aganice) 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 October/November to March.[4]
The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Passiflora caerulea and Adenia gummifera.
Subspecies
- Bematistes aganice aganice (Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, southern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
- Bematistes aganice montana (Butler, 1888) (from eastern Kenya to northern Tanzania)
- Bematistes aganice nicega Suffert (southern Tanzania, southern Zaire (Shaba), north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi)
- Bematistes aganice nyassae Carpenter (southern Malawi)
- Bematistes aganice orientalis Ungemach (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda)
- Bematistes aganice ugandae van Someren, 1936 (northern shore of Lake Victoria)
References
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- ↑ Bematistes Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Orator Fuller Cook, East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1895.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Woodhall, S. (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 d ssp. montana and nominate aganice
- Images representing Acraea aganice at Bold
- Images representing Acraea aganice montana at Bold
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