Bematistes formosa

Bematistes formosa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in western Uganda.^[3]

Bematistes formosa
Bematistes formosa and related species
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bematistes
Species:	B. formosa
Binomial name
Bematistes formosa (Butler, 1874)[1][2]
Synonyms
Planema formosa Butler, 1874 Acraea formosa (Butler, 1874) Acraea (Acraea) formosa

Description

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

P. formosa Btlr. (59 b) is a little known species very similar to the following [ Bematistes poggei ]; it differs from it in having the transverse band of the forewing narrowed towards the costal margin and with the distal side angled at vein 4, while the white median band of the hindwing is narrower; transverse band of the forewing orange- yellow in the male white in the female. Cameroon to the Congo. ^[4]

References

1. Butler, A.G. 1874. Descriptions of new African lepidoptera. Cistula Entomologica 1: 209-217.
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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 b
• Images representing Acraea formosa at Bold