Bematistes consanguinea

Bematistes consanguinea, the blood-brother bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[3]

Bematistes consanguinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. consanguinea
Binomial name
Bematistes consanguinea
Synonyms
  • Acraea consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1893)
  • Planema consanguinea Aurivillius, 1893
  • Acraea (Acraea) consanguinea
  • Planema consanguinea f. inaequalis Le Doux, 1931
  • Planema albicolor Karsch, 1895
  • Planema arenaria Sharpe, 1902
  • Planema consanguinea albicolor f. flava Le Doux, 1931
  • Planema consanguinea var. intermedia Aurivillius, 1899
  • Planema consanguinea f. conspicua Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema consanguinea f. peregrina Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema consanguinea sartina Jordan, 1910
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana

Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

P. consanguinea differs from the preceding [Bematistes elongata ]in having the basal part of the forewing above more or less light and the light transverse band more obliquely placed, narrowed or indistinct behind vein 2 and separated from the light basal part by a dark transverse band of the ground-colour, while the upperside of the hindwing is not darkened at the base. The black streaks on the hindwing are long and reach at least the middle. The marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing is sharply defined and is formed nearly as in elongata. - consanguinea Auriv. (58 b). The basal part of the forewing above as far as vein 3 chestnut-brown with or without longitudinal streak in the cell; the transverse band and the upper surface of the hindwing yellow- brown; the under surface of the hindwing yellowish grey, at the base more or less red-brown. The female is larger and lighter and has the transverse band of the forewing broader and light yellow. Niger to the Congo, ab. intermedia Auriv. only differs in having the whole of the cell of the forewing black. Congo. - sartina Jord. seems to be the north-western race. Only the female is yet known; it differs from that of the type-form in having the transverse band of the forewing as dark as in the male and placed nearer to the base, the marginal band of the hindwing is broader and the ground-colour lighter; on the under surface the base is darker brown and the ground-colour lighter. Gold Coast. - In albicolor Karsch (= arenaria E. Sharpe) (57 e, 58 b) the transverse band of the forewing is white and the parts of the upper surface which in the type-form are red-brown to yellow-brown are dirty sand-yellow (male) or white (female); the under surface of the hindwing is light grey to white as far as the base. Uganda.[4]

Subspecies
  • B. c. consanguinea (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon)
  • B. c. albicolor (Karsch, 1895) (south-eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • B. c. intermedia (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia)

Biology
  • B. c. sartina (Jordan, 1910) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Barteria nigritiana.

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References
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  1. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1893. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kameroun. 2. Tagfalter. Entomologisk Tidskrift 14: 257-292.
  2. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  4. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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