Bebearia flaminia

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Bebearia flaminia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. flaminia
Binomial name
Bebearia flaminia
(Staudinger, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene flaminiaStaudinger, 1891
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) flaminia

Bebearia flaminia, the Flaminia forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

E. flaminia Stgr. (40e) recalls Euphaedra spatiosa , especially beneath. [3]

The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous bush.

Subspecies

Male - Mabalmayo, Cameroon Bebearia flaminia male.jpg
Male – Mabalmayo, Cameroon

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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
  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 .
  4. The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda. Metamorphosis, 29: 14-21.