Bebearia laetitia
Female, Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. laetitia
Binomial name
Bebearia laetitia
(Plötz, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bebearia Euryphene laetitia Plötz, 1880
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) laetitia
  • Euryphene laetitia tia Suffert, 1904

Bebearia laetitia, or Laetitia's forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Subspecies

  • Bebearia laetitia laetitia (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Lualaba)
  • Bebearia laetitia vesta Hecq, 1989 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru)
Bebearia laetitia in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana

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