Bebearia phantasiella

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Bebearia phantasiella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. phantasiella
Binomial name
Bebearia phantasiella
(Staudinger, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene phantasiellaStaudinger, 1891
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) phantasiella
  • Euryphene phantasiella simulatavan Someren, 1939

Bebearia phantasiella, the fantasiella, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

The fore wing beneath at the distal margin more or less darkened, olive-green; the dark distal area with its proximal margin curved. Wings beneath at least in the cell with more or less distinct dark markings. Wings above with the usual dark transverse bands very distinct. Smaller species, 50—55 mm. [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 .