Biology:Bebearia absolon
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Bebearia absolon | |
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Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bebearia |
Species: | B. absolon
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Binomial name | |
Bebearia absolon (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Bebearia absolon, the Absolon forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium and Hypselodelphys species.
Subspecies
- Bebearia absolon absolon (eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, northern Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)
- Bebearia absolon entebbiae (Lathy, 1906) (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bebearia absolon. |
- ↑ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Wikidata ☰ Q4878317 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebearia absolon.
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