| Bebearia phantasina | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bebearia |
| Species: | B. phantasina |
| Binomial name | |
| Bebearia phantasina (Staudinger, 1891)[1] | |
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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.
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
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- ↑ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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