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Acraea poggei

Bematistes poggei
GroseSmithKirby1892RhopExotPlate3.jpg
Figure 9 and 10 B. p. nelsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bematistes
Species: B. poggei
Binomial name
Bematistes poggei
(Dewitz, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Acraea poggei Dewitz, 1879
  • Acraea (Acraea) poggei Dewitz, 1879
  • Planema entalis Jordan, 1910
  • Planema poggei amela Hering, 1936
  • Planema poggei nelsoni f. flava Le Doux, 1937
  • Acraea nelsoni Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
  • Planema poggei paragoga Hering, 1936
  • Planema nelsoni ras Ungemach, 1932

Bematistes poggei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zambia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of forests and riverine thickets.

The larvae feed on Adenia and Vitis species.



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