Bebearia cocalia

Bebearia cocalia, the common palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, particularly riparian forests.

Bebearia cocalia
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bebearia
Species:
B. cocalia
Binomial name
Bebearia cocalia
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cocalia Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) cocalia
  • Euryphene badiana Rebel, 1914
  • Bebearia badiana
  • Euphaedra themis ab. inornata Rebel, 1914
  • Euryphene mardania katera van Someren, 1939
  • Bebearia senegalensis katera
  • Euryphene mardania f. insularis Schultze, 1920

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on palm trees.

Subspecies
  • B. c. cocalia (south-western Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • B. c. badiana (Rebel, 1914) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania, western and central Kenya)
  • B. c. continentalis Hecq, 1988 (Ghana: the Volta region, Togo, western Nigeria)
  • B. c. katera (van Someren, 1939) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania, western Zambia)
  • Female B. c. cocalia
    Kakum National Park, Ghana
  • Male B. c. katera
    Kibale Forest, Uganda
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References
  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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