Bebearia mardania

Bebearia mardania, the dark palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Bebearia mardania
Nominate morph female
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. mardania
Binomial name
Bebearia mardania
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mardania Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) mardania
  • Euryphene theogonis Hewitson, 1864
  • Bebearia theognis

The larvae feed on Phoenix reclinata, Hyphaene thebaica the Borassus palm and the coconut palm.

References
  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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