Bematistes consanguinea

Updated on Dec 16, 2024

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

Bematistes consanguinea, the blood-brother bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Barteria nigritiana.

Subspecies

B. c. consanguinea (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon)

B. c. albicolor (Karsch, 1895) (south-eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

B. c. intermedia (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia)

B. c. sartina (Jordan, 1910) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

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