Bematistes poggei

Bematistes poggei
Figure 9 and 10 B. p. nelsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species:
B. poggei
Binomial name
Bematistes poggei
(Dewitz, 1879) [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea poggei Dewitz, 1879
  • Acraea (Acraea) poggei Dewitz, 1879
  • Planema entalis Jordan, 1910
  • Planema poggei amela Hering, 1936
  • Planema poggei nelsoni f. flava Le Doux, 1937
  • Acraea nelsoni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
  • Planema poggei paragoga Hering, 1936
  • Planema nelsoni ras Ungemach, 1932

Bematistes poggei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zambia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia.[3]

Description

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

P. poggei Dew. (58 d). The sexes are similarly coloured and marked; the ground-colour of the upper surface is nearly black; the transverse band of the forewing is light orange-yellow, 10-15mm. in breadth, on the distal side more or less convex, towards the base out off obliquely so that its proximal boundary-line is placed almost vertically to the costal margin; its spot in cellule 2 is obliquely cut off and almost reaches the base of vein 3; in the base of cellule 3 a small rounded black spot; the transverse band reaches to the hindmargin and in cellules 1 -2 usually also to the distal margin; the median band of the hindwing is white, sharply defined and 8-10 mm. in breadth; the sharply prominent black marginal band is consequently 6-10 mm. in breadth; the basal area of the hindwing beneath is deep red-brown. Angola to Lake Kivu. -nelsoni Sm. only differs in having the transverse band of the forewing posteriorly (in cellules 1 a and 1 b) narrowed and irregularly incised. Congo region to Uganda. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests and riverine thickets.

The larvae feed on Adenia and Vitis species.

Subspecies

  • B. p. poggei (north-western and north-eastern Zambia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, western Tanzania)
  • B. p. nelsoni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya)
  • B. p. ras (Ungemach, 1932) (south-western Ethiopia)

References

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  1. ^ Dewitz, H. 1879. Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldina-Carolinae Germanicum Naturae Curiousorum 41 (2): 173-212.
  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.


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