Bebearia ashantina

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Bebearia ashantina
Bebearia ashantina male - Bibiana.jpg
male - Bibiani, Ghana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. ashantina
Binomial name
Bebearia ashantina
(Dudgeon, 1913) [1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene ashantinaDudgeon, 1913
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) ashantina

Bebearia ashantina, the Ashanti forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast and Ghana. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

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References

  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini