Bebearia makala

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Bebearia makala
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. makala
Binomial name
Bebearia makala
Synonyms
  • Euryphene makalaBethune-Baker, 1908

Bebearia makala is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. [2]

E. makala Baker agrees with Bebearia luteola , except that the narrow oblique band of the male forewing has developed into a broad subapical patch extending to beyond vein 3. The under surface of both wings brownish olive-green with the markings of the upper surface showing through; in the cell four dark-ringed spots and beyond the middle traces of two dark transverse bands and of the submarginal line ; the hind¬ wing with three sharply outlined black dots in the cell and with indistinct traces of a median band and a submarginal line. Expanse 89 mm. Makala, Congo region [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 .