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Bematistes leopoldina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bematistes

Bematistes leopoldina

Bematistes leopoldina is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Subspecies

  • Bematistes leopoldina leopoldina (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bematistes leopoldina brevimacula (Talbot, 1928) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bematistes leopoldina macrosticha (Bethune-Baker, 1908) (Cameroon, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Etymology

    The name honours Leopold II of Belgium the private owner of the Congo Free State.

    References

    Bematistes leopoldina Wikipedia