Bebearia mardania

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Dark palm forester
Dark palm forester (Bebearia mardania) nominate morph female.jpg
Nominate morph female
Kakum National Park, Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. mardania
Binomial name
Bebearia mardania
(Fabricius, 1793) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mardaniaFabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) mardania
  • Euryphene theogonisHewitson, 1864
  • Bebearia theognis

Bebearia mardania, the dark palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Phoenix reclinata , Hyphaene thebaica the Borassus palm and the coconut palm.

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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