Bematistes leopoldina

Bematistes leopoldina is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Bematistes leopoldina
Bematistes leopoldina and related species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. leopoldina
Binomial name
Bematistes leopoldina
Synonyms
  • Planema leopoldina Aurivillius, 1895
  • Acraea leopoldina (Aurivillius, 1895)
  • Acraea (Acraea) leopoldina
  • Planema poggei brevimacula f. albofasciata Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema poggei leopoldina f. mixta Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema poggei brevimacula Talbot, 1928
  • Planema poggei schoutedeni Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema macrosticha Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Planema leopoldina var. intermissa Gaede, 1916

Subspecies
  • Bematistes leopoldina leopoldina (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bematistes leopoldina brevimacula (Talbot, 1928) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bematistes leopoldina macrosticha (Bethune-Baker, 1908) (Cameroon, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Etymology

The name honours Leopold II of Belgium the private owner of the Congo Free State.

References
  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.


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