Bematistes
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Bematistes is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae
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Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
- umbra species-group:
- Bematistes adrasta (Weymer, 1892)
- Bematistes aganiceBematistes aganiceThe Wanderer is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.The wingspan is 60–65 mm for males and 70–75 mm for females...
(Hewitson, 1852) - Bematistes alcinoe (Felder, 1865)
- Bematistes consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Bematistes consanguinoides Le Doux
- Bematistes elgonense (Poulton, 1929)
- Bematistes elongata (Butler, 1874)
- Bematistes epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
- Bematistes excisa (Butler, 1874)
- Bematistes formosa (Butler, 1874)
- Bematistes macaria (Fabricius, 1793)
- Bematistes macarista (Sharpe, 1906)
- Bematistes obliqua (Aurivillius, 1913)
- Bematistes persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
- Bematistes poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
- Bematistes pseudeuryta (Godman & Salvin, 1890)
- Bematistes quadricolor Rogenhöfer, 1891
- Bematistes scalivittata (Butler, 1896)
- Bematistes simulata (Le Doux, 1932)
- Bematistes umbra (Drury, [1782])
- Bematistes vestalis (Felder, 1865)
- epaea species-group:
- Bematistes epaea (Cramer, 1779)
- Bematistes tellus (Aurivillius, 1893)
- incertae sedisIncertae sedis, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
:- Bematistes indentata (Butler, 1895)
- Bematistes leopoldina (Aurivillius, 1895)