Bebearia cocalia

Bebearia cocalia
Bebearia cocalia female
Bebearia cocalia male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. cocalia
Binomial name
Bebearia cocalia
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cocalia Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) cocalia
  • Euryphene badiana Rebel, 1914
  • Bebearia badiana
  • Euphaedra themis ab. inornata Rebel, 1914
  • Euryphene mardania katera van Someren, 1939
  • Bebearia senegalensis katera
  • Euryphene mardania f. insularis Schultze, 1920

Bebearia cocalia, the Common Palm Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, particularly riparian forests.

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on palm trees.

Subspecies

References

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