Bebearia mandinga

Bebearia mandinga
Bebearia mandinga depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. mandinga
Binomial name
Bebearia mandinga
(Felder & Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene mandinga Felder & Felder, 1860
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) mandinga

Bebearia mandinga, the Mandinga Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species, including Hypselodelphys scandens.

Subspecies

References

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