Bebearia sophus

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

Similar Bebearia cocalia, Bebearia absolon, Aterica galene, Bebearia mardania, Euphaedra harpalyce

Bebearia sophus, the Sophus Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Angola. The habitat consists of low to montane forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Landolphia and Chysophyllum species.

Subspecies

Bebearia sophus sophus (Guinea: Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo)

Bebearia sophus aruunda (Overlaet, 1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kwilu, Kasai, Sankuru, Lomami, Lualaba and Tanganika)

Bebearia sophus audeoudi (Riley, 1936) (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

Bebearia sophus monforti Hecq, 1990 (Rwanda)

Bebearia sophus ochreata (Carcasson, 1961) (western Tanzania)

Bebearia sophus phreone (Feisthamel, 1850) (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea)

References

Bebearia sophus Wikipedia

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