Bebearia phantasina

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Western fantasia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. phantasina
Binomial name
Bebearia phantasina
(Staudinger, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene phantasiella var. phantasinaStaudinger, 1891
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) phantasina
  • Bebearia phantasiella phantasina
  • Bebearia ultimaHecq, 1990

Bebearia phantasina, the western fantasia, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria. [2] The habitat consists of forests and dense secondary growth.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

Subspecies

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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