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Bematistes obliqua

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bematistes

Bematistes obliqua, the yellow-banded bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of sub-montane forest.

This species is mimicked by a form of Pseudacraea eurytus.

The larvae feed on Adenia cisampelloides.

Subspecies

  • Bematistes obliqua obliqua (Nigeria, Cameroon)
  • Bematistes obliqua elgonense (Poulton, 1927) (Uganda: western slopes of Mount Elgon)
  • Bematistes obliqua kivuensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (Uganda: west to the highlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu and Ituri)

    • References

    Bematistes obliqua Wikipedia
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