Bebearia barombina

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Large green forester
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. barombina
Binomial name
Bebearia barombina
Synonyms
  • Euryphene barombina Staudinger, 1896
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) barombina
  • Euphaedra descarpentriesi Fox, 1968

Bebearia barombina, the large green forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the south-western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on fallen fruit.

References[edit]

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