Bebearia cocalia

Updated on Dec 23, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Bebearia

Similar Bebearia sophus, Bebearia mardania, Bebearia cutteri, Bebearia absolon, Bebearia laetitia

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

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on palm trees.

Subspecies

Bebearia cocalia cocalia (south-western Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

Bebearia cocalia badiana (Rebel, 1914) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania, western and central Kenya)

Bebearia cocalia continentalis Hecq, 1988 (Ghana: the Volta region, Togo, western Nigeria)

Bebearia cocalia katera (van Someren, 1939) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania, western Zambia)

References

Bebearia cocalia Wikipedia

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