on both surfaces, the subapical band is 8 mm. in breadth in cellule 5 and the hindmarginal spot not widened posteriorly, 11.5 mm in breadth at vein 2 and at the hindmargin, at the latter faintly edged with ochre-yellow on each side; the hindwing as in the male but the marginal band broader, 3.5 mm. in breadth at the apex and reaching to vein 2; the under surface also almost entirely as in the male. In the interior of the Congo region. Subspecies Bematistes tellus tellus — Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Bematistes tellus eumelis (Jordan, 1910) — central and eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania Bematistes tellus schubotzi (Grünberg, 1911) — Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and northern Kivu, Uganda: west to Bwamba Biology The habitat consists of forests. It is mimicked by males of Mimacraea apicalis. The larvae feed on Adenia species. Taxonomy See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 References External links Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 58 a Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 a ssp. eumelis Images representing Acraea tellus at Bold Images representing Acraea tellus eumelis at Bold Images representing Acraea schubotzi at Bold Butterflies described in 1893 Acraeini Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius