Bematistes

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Heliconiinae Scientific name Bematistes Higher classification Nymphalidae Order Butterflies and moths		Family Nymphalidae Tribe Acraeini Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus

Similar Butterfly, Nymphalidae, Butterflies and moths, Insect, Bematistes aganice

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.

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