Bebearia orientis

Bebearia orientis, the eastern palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Bebearia orientis
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. orientis
Binomial name
Bebearia orientis
(Karsch, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene orientis Karsch, 1895
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) orientis
  • Euryphene senegalensis var. pseudocalia Staudinger, 1896
  • Euryphene mardania dealbata Carcasson, 1958
  • Bebearia badiana dealbata
  • Bebearia dealbata taveta Clifton, 1980
  • Bebearia badiana taveta

Adults are attracted to fermented fruit. They are probably on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Phoenix reclinata, Raphia farinifera and probably Cocos nucifera.

Subspecies
  • B. o. orientis (southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, eastern Zambia)
  • B. o. dealbata (Carcasson, 1958) (Kenya)
  • B. o. insularis Kielland, 1985 (Tanzania: Pemba Island)
  • B. o. malawiensis Holmes, 2001 (southern Malawi, Mozambique, northern and eastern Zimbabwe)
  • B. o. taveta Clifton, 1980 (Kenya)

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


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