Bebearia maximiana
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bebearia |
Species: | B. maximiana
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Binomial name | |
Bebearia maximiana (Staudinger, 1891)[1]
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Bebearia maximiana, the maximal forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous tree.
Subspecies[]
- Bebearia maximiana maximiana (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, northern Kivu and Lualaba)
- Bebearia maximiana ata Hecq, 1990 (Gabon)
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bebearia maximiana. |
Wikispecies has information related to Bebearia maximiana. |
- ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1891
- Bebearia
- Butterflies of Africa
- Limenitidinae stubs