Biology:Bebearia barce

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Shining green forester
Bebearia barce female.jpg
Female (specimen, dorsal side)
Shining green forester (Bebearia barce barce) male.jpg
Male (underside) from Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. barce
Binomial name
Bebearia barce
(Doubleday, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aterica barce Doubleday, 1847
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) barce
  • Euryphene lesbonax Hewitson, 1864
  • Euryphene barce ab. achillaena Bartel, 1905
  • Euryphene barce race maculata Aurivillius, 1912

Bebearia barce, the shining green forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species

Subspecies

  • Bebearia barce barce — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana
  • Bebearia barce maculata (Aurivillius, 1912) — Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Congo, Uganda: Toro, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba

References


Wikidata ☰ Q4878325 entry