Bematistes leopoldina

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

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

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)

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

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