Bebearia mandinga

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

Similar Bebearia abesa, Bebearia cutteri, Bebearia mardania, Bebearia laetitia, Bebearia absolon

Bebearia mandinga, the Mandinga Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species, including Hypselodelphys scandens.

Subspecies

Bebearia mandinga mandinga (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)

Bebearia mandinga beni Hecq, 1990 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda: Bwamba, Toro)

References

Bebearia mandinga Wikipedia

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