Bebearia sophus

Bebearia sophus
Bebearia sophus depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. sophus
Binomial name
Bebearia sophus
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio sophus Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) sophus
  • Euriphene sophus aruunda Overlaet, 1955
  • Euriphene sophus aruunda f. albofasciata Overlaet, 1955
  • Euriphene sophus aruunda f. variegata Overlaet, 1955
  • Euryphene sophus audeoudi Riley, 1936
  • Euryphene sophus ochreata Carcasson, 1961
  • Euryphene phreone Feisthamel, 1850

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

References

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