Bematistes Explained

Bematistes is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. The genus is often included in Acraea.

Species

• umbra species group:
  • Bematistes adrasta (Weymer, 1892)
  • Bematistes aganice (Hewitson, 1852)
  • Bematistes alcinoe (Felder, 1865)
  • Bematistes consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Bematistes elongata (Butler, 1874)
  • Bematistes epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
  • Bematistes excisa (Butler, 1874)
  • Bematistes formosa (Butler, 1874)
  • Bematistes macaria (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Bematistes macarista (Sharpe, 1906)
  • Bematistes obliqua (Aurivillius, 1913)
  • Bematistes persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
  • Bematistes poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Bematistes pseudeuryta (Godman & Salvin, 1890)
  • Bematistes quadricolor Rogenhöfer, 1891
  • Bematistes scalivittata (Butler, 1896)
  • Bematistes umbra (Drury, [1782])
  • Bematistes vestalis (Felder, 1865)
• epaea species group:
  • Bematistes epaea (Cramer, 1779)
  • Bematistes tellus (Aurivillius, 1893)
• incertae sedis

• • Bematistes indentata (Butler, 1895)
  • Bematistes leopoldina (Aurivillius, 1895)

Acraea simulata is sometimes placed in the masamba group of Acraea, sometimes included in the Bematistes umbra group.

External links

• Bematistes archived link to an old version of Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms