''Bematistes'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
. The genus is often included in ''
Acraea
Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''akraios'') was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology.
* Acraea, the naiad daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosy ...
''.
Species
*''umbra'' species group:
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Bematistes adrasta''
(Weymer, 1892)
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Bematistes aganice''
(Hewitson, 1852)
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Bematistes alcinoe''
(Felder, 1865)
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Bematistes consanguinea''
(Aurivillius, 1893)
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Bematistes elongata''
(Butler, 1874)
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Bematistes epiprotea''
(Butler, 1874)
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Bematistes excisa''
(Butler, 1874)
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Bematistes formosa''
(Butler, 1874)
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Bematistes macaria''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Bematistes macarista''
(Sharpe, 1906)
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Bematistes obliqua''
(Aurivillius, 1913)
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Bematistes persanguinea''
(Rebel, 1914)
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Bematistes poggei''
(Dewitz, 1879)
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Bematistes pseudeuryta''
(Godman & Salvin, 1890)
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Bematistes quadricolor''
Rogenhöfer, 1891
**''
Bematistes scalivittata''
(Butler, 1896)
**''
Bematistes umbra''
(Drury, 782
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Bematistes vestalis''
(Felder, 1865)
*''epaea'' species group:
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Bematistes epaea''
(Cramer, 1779)
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Bematistes tellus''
(Aurivillius, 1893)
*''
incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'':
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Bematistes indentata''
(Butler, 1895)
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Bematistes leopoldina''
(Aurivillius, 1895)
''
Acraea simulata'' is sometimes placed in the ''masamba'' group of ''
Acraea
Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''akraios'') was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology.
* Acraea, the naiad daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosy ...
'', sometimes included in the ''Bematistes umbra'' group.
External links
''Bematistes''archived link to an old version of Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Acraeini
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Francis Hemming
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