Bebearia barce

Bebearia barce
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. barce
Binomial name
Bebearia barce
(Doubleday, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aterica barce Doubleday, 1847
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) barce
  • Euryphene lesbonax Hewitson, 1864
  • Euryphene barce ab. achillaena Bartel, 1905
  • Euryphene barce race maculata Aurivillius, 1912

Bebearia barce, the Shining Green Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species

Subspecies

References

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