| Bematistes epaea |
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| Mating (female on left) |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Nymphalidae |
| Genus: |
Acraea |
| Species: |
A. epaea |
| Binomial name |
Acraea epaea
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| Synonyms |
- Papilio epaea Cramer, 1779
- Bematistes epaea
- Acraea (Acraea) epaea
- Papilio gea Fabricius, 1781
- Planema epaea ab. sublutosa Strand, 1914
- Planema epaea ab. angustifasciata Grünberg, 1910
- Planema epaea bicolorata Le Doux, 1937
- Planema epaea f. insolita Le Doux, 1937
- Planema epaea f. aurata Le Doux, 1937
- Planema epaea nigrita Le Doux, 1937
- Acraea epitellus Staudinger, 1896
- Planema epaea homochroa Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
- Acraea epaea insulana Ackery, 1995
- Planema epaea var. insularis Aurivillius, 1910
- Planema epaea kivuana Jordan, 1910
- Planema epaea lutosa Suffert, 1904
- Planema epaea f. cremea Le Doux, 1937
- Planema epaea var. melina Thurau, 1903
- Planema paragea Grose-Smith, 1900 may be a full species
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Bematistes epaea, the common bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.