Bebearia sophus
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| Bebearia sophus depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bebearia |
| Species: | B. sophus |
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| Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)[1] | |
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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.[2] 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)
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- ↑ Bebearia, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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