Bematistes
# 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.

