Bebearia cocalia

Bebearia cocalia
	Bebearia cocalia female
	Bebearia cocalia male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. cocalia
Binomial name
	Bebearia cocalia; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Papilio cocalia Fabricius, 1793; Bebearia (Apectinaria) cocalia; Euryphene badiana Rebel, 1914; Bebearia badiana; Euphaedra themis ab. inornata Rebel, 1914; Euryphene mardania katera van Someren, 1939; Bebearia senegalensis katera; Euryphene mardania f. insularis Schultze, 1920;

Bebearia cocalia, the Common Palm Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests, particularly riparian forests.

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on palm trees.

Subspecies

Bebearia cocalia cocalia (south-western Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rebel, 1914) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania, western and central Kenya)
Bebearia cocalia continentalis Hecq, 1988 (Ghana: the Volta region, Togo, western Nigeria)
Bebearia cocalia katera (van Someren, 1939) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania, western Zambia)

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