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Bebearia sophus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bebearia

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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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