Bematistes quadricolor

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

Bematistes quadricolor is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Adenia cissampeloides, Vitis and Passiflora species

Subspecies

B. q. quadricolor (north-eastern Tanzania)

B. q. itumbana (Jordan, 1910) (eastern Tanzania)

B. q. latifasciata (Sharpe, 1892) (western Uganda, Burundi, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and Kivu)

B. q. leptis (Jordan, 1910) (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, north-eastern Tanzania)

B. q. mahale Kielland, 1990 (western Tanzania)

B. q. morogoro Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 (north-eastern Tanzania)

B. q. uluguru Kielland, 1990 (eastern Tanzania)

References

Bematistes quadricolor Wikipedia

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