Bebearia comus
Broad-banded forester | |
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Male from , Cameroon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bebearia |
Species: | B. comus
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Binomial name | |
Bebearia comus | |
Synonyms | |
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Bebearia comus, the broad-banded forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon and from Equatorial Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Calamus and Eremospatha species.
Subspecies[]
- Bebearia comus comus — eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kasai and Sankuru
- Bebearia comus retracta Hecq, 1989 — Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Bebearia comus. |
- ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1871
- Bebearia
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Christopher Ward (entomologist)
- Limenitidinae stubs