Biology:Bebearia comus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Broad-banded forester | |
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| Male from Mabalmayo, Cameroon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Nymphalidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Bebearia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">B. comus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bebearia comus (Ward, 1871)[1]
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Bebearia comus, the broad-banded forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon and from Equatorial Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Calamus and Eremospatha species.
Subspecies
- Bebearia comus comus — eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kasai and Sankuru
- Bebearia comus retracta Hecq, 1989 — Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu
References
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bebearia comus. |
- ↑ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Wikidata ☰ Q4878340 entry
