Pinkish forester | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bebearia |
Species: | B. eliensis
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Binomial name | |
Bebearia eliensis | |
Synonyms | |
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Bebearia eliensis, the pinkish forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.
Adults feed on fallen fruit.
Subspecies
[edit]- Bebearia eliensis eliensis (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cataractes and Equateur)
- Bebearia eliensis scrutata Hecq, 1989 (Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Bebearia eliensis unita (Capronnier, 1889) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: central basin)
References
[edit]- ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini