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
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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)
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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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