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Bebearia phantasina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bebearia

Bebearia phantasina

Similar
  
Bebearia cutteri, Bebearia absolon, Bebearia sophus, Bebearia abesa, Bebearia laetitia

Bebearia phantasina, the Western Fantasia, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests and dense secondary growth.

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)
  • References

    Bebearia phantasina Wikipedia