Bebearia leptotypa

Bebearia leptotypa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. leptotypa
Binomial name
Bebearia leptotypa (Bethune-Baker, 1908) [1]
Synonyms
Euryphene leptotypaBethune-Baker, 1908 Bebearia (Bebearia) leptotypa Bebearia phantasia leptotypa Euryphene phantasia f. paraceresTalbot, 1928 Euryphene phantasia f. kamitugensisDufrane, 1945 Euryphene phantasia paraceresd’Abrera, 1980

Bebearia leptotypa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, north Kivu, Equateur, Kinshasa and Sankuru). ^[2]

E. leptotypa Baker has both wings black above with pale steel-blue suffusion; the suffusion on the forewing is confined to the posterior part and anteriorly bounded by vein 3, not extending to the base nor the distal margin; the subapical band is white, reaches vein 5 and is accompanied in cellule 4 by a bluish white spot which extends nearly to the distal margin; the apex with small white patch; the hindwing is blue with a broad marginal band of uniform breadth. The under surface is uniform light bronzy green; the forewing with the markings of the upperside indistinct; the hindwing with a whitish angled dash in cellule 7 and with an indistinct dark submarginal line and postmedian band. Expanse 86 mm. Congo region, at Beni-Mawambe. ^[3]

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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .