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Bematistes adrasta

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(Redirected from Acraea adrasta) Species of butterfly

Bematistes adrasta
Bematistes adrasta adrasta,
male from Nguru, Zanzibar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species: B. adrasta
Binomial name
Bematistes adrasta
Weymer, 1892
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) adrasta
  • Acraea adrasta
  • Acraea machoni Oberthür, 1893
  • Planema haydni Suffert, 1904
  • Planema adrasta pancalis Jordan, 1910

Bematistes adrasta is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Subspecies

  • Bematistes adrasta adrasta — southern coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania
  • Bematistes adrasta pancalis (Jordan, 1910) — Democratic Republic of the Congo

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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Taxon identifiers
Bematistes adrasta


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