Bebearia sophus

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Bebearia sophus
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. sophus
Binomial name
Bebearia sophus
(Fabricius, 1793) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio sophusFabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) sophus
  • Euriphene sophus aruundaOverlaet, 1955
  • Euriphene sophus aruunda f. albofasciataOverlaet, 1955
  • Euriphene sophus aruunda f. variegataOverlaet, 1955
  • Euryphene sophus audeoudiRiley, 1936
  • Euryphene sophus ochreataCarcasson, 1961
  • Euryphene phreoneFeisthamel, 1850

Bebearia sophus, the Sophus forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Angola. [2] The habitat consists of low to montane forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Landolphia and Chrysophyllum species.

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