Bematistes macarista

Bematistes macarista
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. macarista
Binomial name
Bematistes macarista (Sharpe, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
Planema macarista Sharpe, 1906 Acraea macarista (Sharpe, 1906) Acraea (Acraea) macarista Planema formosa moforsa Suffert, 1904 Planema plagioscia Bethune-Baker, 1908 Planema vendita Wichgraf, 1911 Planema macarista macarista f. distincta Le Doux, 1937 Planema formosa latefasciata Suffert, 1904 Planema macarista rileyi Le Doux, 1937

Bematistes macarista is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Both sexes of this dimorphic species are mimicked by the parallel sexes of Pseudacraea eurytus.

Subspecies

• Bematistes macarista macarista (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
• Bematistes macarista latefasciata (Suffert, 1904) (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea)

References

1. Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 b macarista macarista and c (latefasciata) d macarista macarista
• Images representing Acraea macarista at Bold.
• Images representing Acraea macarista distincta at Bold.