Bematistes excisa

Bematistes excisa, the excised bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests with a dense understorey.

Bematistes excisa
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. excisa
Binomial name
Bematistes excisa
(Butler, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Planema excisa Butler, 1874
  • Acraea excisa (Butler, 1874)
  • Acraea (Acraea) excisa

The larvae feed on Adenia cisampelloides.

References

  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.


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