Biology:Bebearia tentyris
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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| female, Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bebearia |
| Species: | B. tentyris
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| Binomial name | |
| Bebearia tentyris (Hewitson, 1866)[1]
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Bebearia tentyris, or Hewitson's forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests, especially drier forests.
The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species.
Subspecies
- Bebearia tentyris tentyris (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Bebearia tentyris seeldrayersi (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)[3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bebearia tentyris. |
- ↑ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
- ↑ The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda. Metamorphosis, 29: 14-21.
Wikidata ☰ Q4878418 entry
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