Bematistes is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. The genus is often included in Acraea.
Species
- umbra species group:
- Bematistes adrasta <small>(Weymer, 1892)</small>
- Bematistes aganice <small>(Hewitson, 1852)</small>
- Bematistes alcinoe <small>(Felder, 1865)</small>
- Bematistes consanguinea <small>(Aurivillius, 1893)</small>
- Bematistes elongata <small>(Butler, 1874)</small>
- Bematistes epiprotea <small>(Butler, 1874)</small>
- Bematistes excisa <small>(Butler, 1874)</small>
- Bematistes formosa <small>(Butler, 1874)</small>
- Bematistes macaria <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Bematistes macarista <small>(Sharpe, 1906)</small>
- Bematistes obliqua <small>(Aurivillius, 1913)</small>
- Bematistes persanguinea <small>(Rebel, 1914)</small>
- Bematistes poggei <small>(Dewitz, 1879)</small>
- Bematistes pseudeuryta <small>(Godman & Salvin, 1890)</small>
- Bematistes quadricolor <small>Rogenhöfer, 1891</small>
- Bematistes scalivittata <small>(Butler, 1896)</small>
- Bematistes umbra <small>(Drury, [1782])</small>
- Bematistes vestalis <small>(Felder, 1865)</small>
- epaea species group:
- Bematistes epaea <small>(Cramer, 1779)</small>
- Bematistes tellus <small>(Aurivillius, 1893)</small>
- incertae sedis:
- Bematistes indentata <small>(Butler, 1895)</small>
- Bematistes leopoldina <small>(Aurivillius, 1895)</small>
Acraea simulata is sometimes placed in the masamba group of Acraea, 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