Bebearia nivaria

Bebearia nivaria
	Male – Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. nivaria
Binomial name
	Bebearia nivaria; (Ward, 1871)
Synonyms
	Euryphene nivariaWard, 1871; Bebearia (Bebearia) nivaria; Euryphene suffumigataHolland, 1893;

Last updated August 24, 2025

Bebearia nivaria, the bicolour forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Seitz- E. nivaria Ward (40 e) is a very rare species of large size; the under surface is very striking on account of the sharp contrast between the light green basal part and the dark green colour. Cameroons to the Kuilu River. ^[3]

Subspecies

Bebearia nivaria nivaria (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Bebearia nivaria tenuimaculaBerger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, north Kivu, Equateur and Sankuru)

Bebearia nivaria in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana SeitzFaunaAfricanaXIIITaf40.jpg — *Bebearia nivaria* in Adalbert Seitz's *Fauna Africana*

References

↑ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
↑ 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 .

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[funet-1] "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-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 .

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