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Bebearia phantasina

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Bebearia phantasina
Bebearia phantasina depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
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B. phantasina
Binomial name
Bebearia phantasina
Synonyms
  • Euryphene phantasiella var. phantasina Staudinger, 1891
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) phantasina
  • Bebearia phantasiella phantasina
  • Bebearia ultima Hecq, 1990

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)

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