Bematistes leopoldina
Bematistes leopoldina | |
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Bematistes leopoldina and related species | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bematistes |
Species: | B. leopoldina |
Binomial name | |
Bematistes leopoldina (Aurivillius, 1895)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Bematistes leopoldina is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2]
Subspecies
- Bematistes leopoldina leopoldina (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Bematistes leopoldina brevimacula (Talbot, 1928) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Bematistes leopoldina macrosticha (Bethune-Baker, 1908) (Cameroon, northern Democratic Republic of Congo)
Etymology
The name honours Leopold II of Belgium the private owner of the Congo Free State.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bematistes leopoldina. |
Wikispecies has information related to: Bematistes leopoldina |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 c
- Images representing Acraea leopoldina at Bold
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