title: Bematistes
text: # Bematistes
  
  Bematistes is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. The genus is often included in Acraea.
  
  ## Species
  
  * umbra species group:
     * Bematistes adrasta (Weymer, 1892)
     * Bematistes aganice (Hewitson, 1852)
     * Bematistes alcinoe (Felder, 1865)
     * Bematistes consanguinea (Aurivillius, 1893)
     * Bematistes elongata (Butler, 1874)
     * Bematistes epiprotea (Butler, 1874)
     * Bematistes excisa (Butler, 1874)
     * Bematistes formosa (Butler, 1874)
     * Bematistes macaria (Fabricius, 1793)
     * Bematistes macarista (Sharpe, 1906)
     * Bematistes obliqua (Aurivillius, 1913)
     * Bematistes persanguinea (Rebel, 1914)
     * Bematistes poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
     * Bematistes pseudeuryta (Godman & Salvin, 1890)
     * Bematistes quadricolor Rogenhöfer, 1891
     * Bematistes scalivittata (Butler, 1896)
     * Bematistes umbra (Drury, [1782])
     * Bematistes vestalis (Felder, 1865)
  * epaea species group:
     * Bematistes epaea (Cramer, 1779)
     * Bematistes tellus (Aurivillius, 1893)
  * incertae sedis:
     * Bematistes indentata (Butler, 1895)
     * Bematistes leopoldina (Aurivillius, 1895)
  
  Acraea simulata is sometimes placed in the masamba group of Acraea, sometimes included in the Bematistes umbra group.
  
  