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Bebearia paludicola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bebearia

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

Bebearia paludicola, the Swamp Palm Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The habitat consists of swampy areas in forests.

The larvae feed on Calamus deerratus.

Subspecies

  • Bebearia paludicola paludicola (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Bebearia paludicola blandi Holmes, 2001 (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • References

    Bebearia paludicola Wikipedia