Bebearia comus

Bebearia comus
Bebearia comus depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. comus
Binomial name
Bebearia comus
(Ward, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene comus Ward, 1871
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) comus

Bebearia comus, the Broad-banded Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon and from Equatorial Guinea to the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Calamus and Eremospatha species.

Subspecies

Bebearia comus male Mabalmayo, Cameroon

References

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