Bebearia mardania

Bebearia mardania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. mardania
Binomial name
Bebearia mardania
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mardania Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) mardania
  • Euryphene theogonis Hewitson, 1864
  • Bebearia theognis

Bebearia mardania, the Dark Palm Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon and the Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Phoenix reclinata, Hyphene thebaica the Borassus palm and the Coconut palm.

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