Bematistes
| Bematistes | |
|---|---|
| Bematistes epaea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Hemming, 1935 |
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