Bebearia absolon

Bebearia absolon
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. absolon
Binomial name
Bebearia absolon (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Papilio absolon Fabricius, 1793 Bebearia (Apectinaria) absolon Euryphene candida Capronnier, 1889 Euryphene entebbiae Lathy, 1906

Bebearia absolon, the Absolon forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium and Hypselodelphys species.

Subspecies

• Bebearia absolon absolon (eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, northern Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)
• Bebearia absolon entebbiae (Lathy, 1906) (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

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  Male, Mbalmayo, Cameroon
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  Female, Mbalmayo, Cameroon

References

In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africa