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Bematistes tellus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bematistes

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Bematistes tellus, the orange bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

It is mimicked by males of Mimacraea apicalis.

The larvae feed on Adenia species.

Subspecies

  • Bematistes tellus tellus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bematistes tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910) (central and eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Bematistes tellus schubotzi (Grünberg, 1911) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and northern Kivu, Uganda: west to Bwamba)

    • References

    Bematistes tellus Wikipedia
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