Bebearia maximiana

Bebearia maximiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. maximiana
Binomial name
Bebearia maximiana (Staudinger, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
Euryphene maximiana Staudinger, 1891 Bebearia (Bebearia) maximiana Euryphene aurora f. eos Röber, 1936 Euryphene maximiniana Holland, 1920

Bebearia maximiana, the Maximal Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous tree.

Subspecies

• Bebearia maximiana maximiana (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, northern Kivu and Lualaba)
• Bebearia maximiana ata Hecq, 1990 (Gabon)

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