Bebearia phantasina

Bebearia phantasina, the western fantasia, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. 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.

Bebearia phantasina
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bebearia
Species:
B. phantasina
Binomial name
Bebearia phantasina
Synonyms
  • Euryphene phantasiella var. phantasina Staudinger, 1891
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) phantasina
  • Bebearia phantasiella phantasina
  • Bebearia ultima Hecq, 1990

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
  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.