Bebearia phantasia
Bebearia phantasia | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bebearia |
Species: | B. phantasia
|
Binomial name | |
Bebearia phantasia | |
Synonyms | |
|
Bebearia phantasia, the fantasia, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous creeper.
Subspecies[]
- Bebearia phantasia phantasia (southern Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Bebearia phantasia concolor Hecq, 1988 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bebearia phantasia. |
Wikispecies has information related to Bebearia phantasia. |
- ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1865
- Bebearia
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Limenitidinae stubs