Bematistes aganice

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Bematistes aganice		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Bematistes Rank Species

Similar Bematistes, Acraea acrita, Acraea anemosa, Eurytela dryope, Acraea acara

Bematistes aganice, the wanderer, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.

The wingspan is 60–65 mm for males and 70–75 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from the end of October to March.

The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Passiflora caerulea and Adenia gummifera.

Subspecies

B. a. aganice (Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, southern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)

B. a. montana (Butler, 1888) (from eastern Kenya to northern Tanzania)

B. a. nicega Suffert (southern Tanzania, southern Zaire (Shaba), north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi)

B. a. nyassae Carpenter (southern Malawi)

B. a. orientalis Ungemach (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda)

B. a. ugandae van Someren, 1936 (northern shore of Lake Victoria)

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