Bebearia barce

Bebearia barce, the shining green forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Shining green forester
Female (dorsal side) from Divo, Ivory Coast and male (ventral side) from Nyasoso, Cameroon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. barce
Binomial name
Bebearia barce (Doubleday, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
Aterica barce Doubleday, 1847 Bebearia (Apectinaria) barce Euryphene lesbonax Hewitson, 1864 Euryphene barce ab. achillaena Bartel, 1905 Euryphene barce race maculata Aurivillius, 1912

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species

Subspecies

• Bebearia barce barce — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana
• Bebearia barce maculata (Aurivillius, 1912) — Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Congo, Uganda: Toro, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba

References

1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms