Biology:Bebearia flaminia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Bebearia flaminia
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. flaminia
Binomial name
Bebearia flaminia
(Staudinger, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene flaminia Staudinger, 1891
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) flaminia

Bebearia flaminia, the Flaminia forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous bush.

Subspecies

  • Bebearia flaminia flaminia (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Central African Republic, western Uganda: Semuliki National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Bebearia flaminia leventisi Hecq & Larsen, 1997 (western Nigeria)
Male – Mabalmayo, Cameroon

[3]

References

  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda. Metamorphosis, 29: 14-21.

Wikidata ☰ Q4878357 entry