Bematistes scalivittata

Bematistes scalivittata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

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

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

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

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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