Bematistes tellus

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

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)

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