Bematistes scalivittata

Bematistes scalivittata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[3]

Bematistes scalivittata
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. scalivittata
Binomial name
Bematistes scalivittata
(Butler, 1896) [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Planema scalivittata Butler, 1896
  • Acraea scalivittata (Butler, 1896)
  • Acraea (Acraea) scalivittata
  • Acraea scalivittata kiellandi Collins, 1990
  • Bematistes scalivittata kiellandi Collins, 1990

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

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P. scalivittata Btlr. (58 d) is very similar to aganice, only differing in the narrow white transverse band of the forewing consisting of two broadly separated parts; one part is placed at the middle of the costal margin and is composed of 5 small spots in cellules 4-6, 10 and 11; the other part only consists of two spots in cellules 2 and 3, placed vertically to the hindmargin and only 2-4mm. from the distal margin; the two divisions of the transverse band are thus about 3 mm. apart at vein 4. Nyassaland. [4]

Subspecies
  • Bematistes scalivittata scalivittata (eastern Zambia, northern Malawi, possibly western Tanzania)
  • Bematistes scalivittata kiellandianus Koçak, 1996 (central, southern and south-western Tanzania)

Biology

The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Adenia species, including A. stolzii.

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References
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  1. Butler, A.G. 1896 Descriptions of some new lepidoptera from Nyasaland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 18: 159-163.
  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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