Bebearia tentyris
Species of butterfly
Bebearia tentyris | |
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male | |
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female, Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bebearia |
Species: | B. tentyris |
Binomial name | |
Bebearia tentyris (Hewitson, 1866)[1] | |
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Bebearia tentyris, or Hewitson's forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests, especially drier forests.
The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species.
Subspecies
- Bebearia tentyris tentyris (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Bebearia tentyris seeldrayersi (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)[3]
References
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