Biology:Bebearia octogramma

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Bebearia octogramma
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Bebearia octogramma in Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. octogramma
Binomial name
Bebearia octogramma
(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra octogramma Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) octogramma
  • Bebearia octogramme aputida Hecq, 1989

Bebearia octogramma, the green-spotted forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of wet primary forests.

Adults feed on fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous tree.

References

  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

Wikidata ☰ Q4878393 entry