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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bebearia |
| Species: | B. tessmanni |
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| Bebearia tessmanni | |
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Bebearia tessmanni, or Tessmann's forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The species is named after the collector Günter Tessmann.[3]
Subspecies
- Bebearia tessmanni tessmanni (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Central African Republic)
- Bebearia tessmanni innocuoides Hecq, 2000 (western Nigeria)
- Bebearia tessmanni kwiluensis Hecq, 1989 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
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- ↑ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
- ↑ Grünberg, Karl (1910). "Neue westafrikanishe Lepidopteren. Gesammelt von Herrn Gunter Tessmann in Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea (Uellegebiet)". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin: 469–480.
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