Bematistes vestalis, the smoky bematistes, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of 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.