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Bebearia octogramma

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Green-spotted forester
Bebearia octogramma in Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. octogramma
Binomial name
Bebearia octogramma
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra octogramma Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) octogramma
  • Bebearia octogramme aputida Hecq, 1989

Bebearia octogramma, the green-spotted forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of wet primary forests.

Adults feed on fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous tree.

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