Bebearia phantasina
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Bebearia phantasina depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
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Bebearia phantasina (Staudinger, 1891)[1]
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Bebearia phantasina, the Western Fantasia, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense secondary growth.
Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.
Subspecies
- Bebearia phantasina phantasina (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
- Bebearia phantasina ultima Hecq, 1990 (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea)
References
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- ^ Bebearia, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini