Bematistes quadricolor
species of insect
Bematistes quadricolor is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Description
P. quadricolor may be easily known by having the basal half of the forewing above bright chestnut- brown and separated from the bright orange-yellow transverse band by an irregularly interrupted line of the black ground-colour. The transverse band reaches to the hindmargin or at least to vein 1 and at vein 2 almost to the distal margin. The hinclwing has a sharply defined, narrow (4–6 mm. in breadth) white or light yellow median band. The apex of the forewing and the marginal band of the hindwing (8–10 mm. in breadth) are almost pure black. - quadricolor Rogenh. (58 c).
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