Biology:Bebearia cocalia

Short description: Species of butterfly

Bebearia cocalia
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. cocalia
Binomial name
Bebearia cocalia (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Papilio cocalia Fabricius, 1793 Bebearia (Apectinaria) cocalia Euryphene badiana Rebel, 1914 Bebearia badiana Euphaedra themis ab. inornata Rebel, 1914 Euryphene mardania katera van Someren, 1939 Bebearia senegalensis katera Euryphene mardania f. insularis Schultze, 1920

Bebearia cocalia, the common palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests, particularly riparian forests.

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on palm trees.

Subspecies

• B. c. cocalia (south-western Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
• B. c. badiana (Rebel, 1914) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania, western and central Kenya)
• B. c. continentalis Hecq, 1988 (Ghana: the Volta region, Togo, western Nigeria)
• B. c. katera (van Someren, 1939) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania, western Zambia)

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  Female B. c. cocalia
  Kakum National Park, Ghana

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  Male B. c. katera
  Kibale Forest, Uganda

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4878338 entry