Bebearia comus

Bebearia comus
Bebearia comus depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
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 Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon and from Equatorial Guinea to the Democratic Republic of Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Calamus and Eremospatha species.

Subspecies

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

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