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Bebearia comus

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Broad-banded forester
Male from Mabalmayo, Cameroon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. comus
Binomial name
Bebearia comus
(Ward, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene comus Ward, 1871
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) comus

Bebearia comus, the broad-banded forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon and from Equatorial Guinea to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Calamus and Eremospatha species.

Subspecies

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  • Bebearia comus comus — eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kasai and Sankuru
  • Bebearia comus retracta Hecq, 1989 — Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu

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