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Acraea scalivittata

Acraea scalivittata

Classification

Class
Insecta

Bematistes scalivittata is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, belonging to the genus Bematistes, which is sometimes treated as a subgenus of Acraea. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1896 from specimens collected in Nyasaland (present-day Malawi). It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia, where it inhabits montane forests.

Distribution

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