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''Bematistes epaea'', the Common Bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini )〕 The habitat consists of forests and dense Guinea savanna. Both sexes are mimicked by ''Elymniopsis bammakoo'', ''Pseudacraea eurytus'' and ''Mimacraea darwinia'', while the female is also the model for the female of ''Papilio cynorta''. ''Acraea jodutta'' is probably a co-mimic. The larvae feed on ''Lindaeckeria schweinfurthii'', ''Lindaeckeria dentata'' and ''Adenia cisampelloides''. ==Subspecies== *''Bematistes epaea epaea'' (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, western Democratic Republic of Congo, north-western Tanzania, Zambia) *''Bematistes epaea angustifasciata'' d'Abrera, 1980 (central and southern Uganda, western Kenya) *''Bematistes epaea bicolorata'' (Le Doux, 1937) (south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) *''Bematistes epaea epitellus'' Staudinger, 1896 (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania) *''Bematistes epaea homochroa'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1905) (southern Ethiopia) *''Bematistes epaea insulana'' Ackery, 1995 (Bioko) *''Bematistes epaea kivuana'' (Jordan, 1910) (Democratic Republic of Congo: east to Kivu) *''Bematistes epaea lutosa'' (Suffert, 1904) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley) *''Bematistes epaea melina'' (Thurau, 1903) (south-western Tanzania, Malawi: north to the shores of Lake Malawi) *''Bematistes epaea paragea'' (Grose-Smith, 1900) (Sudan, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bematistes epaea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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