Bebearia barombina

Bebearia barombina
Bebearia barombina depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. barombina
Binomial name
Bebearia barombina
(Staudinger, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene barombina Staudinger, 1896
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) barombina
  • Euphaedra descarpentriesi Fox, 1968

Bebearia barombina, the Large Green Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the south-western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on fallen fruit.

References

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