Bebearia tentyris
male
female, Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. tentyris
Binomial name
Bebearia tentyris
(Hewitson, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene tentyris Hewitson, 1866
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) tentyris
  • Euryphene calabarensis Felder and Felder, 1867
  • Euryphene tentyris var. seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1899

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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  1. ↑ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. ↑ The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda. Metamorphosis, 29: 14-21.


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