Bebearia cinaethon

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Bebearia cinaethon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. cinaethon
Binomial name
Bebearia cinaethon
(Hewitson, 1874) [1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene cinaethonHewitson, 1874

Bebearia cinaethon is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

E. cinaethon Hew. (40 e). In the male the wings are lighter brown above with distinct submarginal line; the yellow transverse band of the forewing is very broad, the spots before the apex small and yellow; the apical part outside the transverse band is blackish; the markings of the under surface recall those of comus , but are a mixture of brown and grey without the bright violet colour of that species. The female is similar to the male above, but much darker, black-brown, and with somewhat narrower transverse band on the forewing; the under surface agrees almost entirely with that of ikelemba (41 e). In both sexes the dark submarginal line of the forewing is at least in cellules 1 a—3 almost straight, neither undulate not angled, only very weakly dentate. Gaboon and French Congo. [3]

Subspecies

References

  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .