Bematistes alcinoe
| Alcinoe bematistes | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bematistes |
| Species: | B. alcinoe
|
| Binomial name | |
| Bematistes alcinoe | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Bematistes alcinoe, the alcinoe bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on .
Subspecies[]
- Bematistes alcinoe alcinoe (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
- Bematistes alcinoe camerunica (Aurivillius, 1893) (Cameroon, Bioko, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
- Bematistes alcinoe nado (Ungemach, 1932) (south-western Ethiopia)
- Bematistes alcinoe racaji Pyrcz, 1991 (island of Príncipe)
References[]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bematistes alcinoe. |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to Bematistes alcinoe. |
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
External links[]
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 f ssp. camerunica
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 e, f camerunica
- Images representing Acraea alcinoe at Bold
- Acraea alcinoe alcinoe at Pteron
 | This Heliconiinae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1852
- Acraeini
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Gustav Weymer
- Heliconiinae stubs