Bebearia maximiana

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Bebearia maximiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. maximiana
Binomial name
Bebearia maximiana
(Staudinger, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene maximianaStaudinger, 1891
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) maximiana
  • Euryphene aurora f. eosRöber, 1936
  • Euryphene maximinianaHolland, 1920

Bebearia maximiana, the maximal forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Seitz- E. maximiana Stgr. is a very similar [to] Bebearia flaminia , but somewhat larger species, of which a few specimens were captured by Dr. Preuss at the Barombi Station in the Cameroons and which is very little known as yet. [3]

The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous tree.

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 .