Biology:Bebearia senegalensis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Bebearia senegalensis | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bebearia |
Species: | B. senegalensis
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Binomial name | |
Bebearia senegalensis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1858)[1]
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Bebearia senegalensis, the Senegal palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, northern Guinea, northern Sierra Leone and northern Ivory Coast.[2] The habitat consists of dry forests and Guinea savanna.
The larvae feed on Raphia palma-pinus.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bebearia senegalensis. |
- ↑ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Wikidata ☰ Q4878413 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebearia senegalensis.
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