Bebearia tentyris

Bebearia tentyris, or Hewitson's forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests, especially drier forests.

Bebearia tentyris
male
female, Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. tentyris
Binomial name
Bebearia tentyris (Hewitson, 1866)^[1]
Synonyms
Euryphene tentyris Hewitson, 1866 Bebearia (Apectinaria) tentyris Euryphene calabarensis Felder and Felder, 1867 Euryphene tentyris var. seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1899

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species.

Subspecies

• Bebearia tentyris tentyris (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Bebearia tentyris seeldrayersi (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)^[3]

References

 

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1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
3. The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda. Metamorphosis, 29: 14-21.