Bematistes vestalis

Description

Bematistes vestalis, the smoky bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland forests. This species is mimicked by the striata morph of Pseudacraea eurytus. The larvae feed on Adenia cisampelloides.