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Bebearia lucayensis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Arthropoda

Class:

Insecta

Order:

Lepidoptera

Family:

Nymphalidae

Genus:

Bebearia

Species:

B. lucayensis


Binomial name

Bebearia lucayensis
Hecq, 1996[1]


Synonyms


  • Euryphura tentyris ab. lucayensis Schultze, 1920


  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) lucayensis

  • Bebearia subtentyris lucayensis

Bebearia lucayensis, the plain forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.


The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys and Marantochloa species.



References








  1. ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini