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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