Bebearia octogramma
Appearance
Green-spotted forester | |
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Bebearia octogramma in Rhopalocera exotica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bebearia |
Species: | B. octogramma
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Binomial name | |
Bebearia octogramma | |
Synonyms | |
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Bebearia octogramma, the green-spotted forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of wet primary forests.
Adults feed on fallen fruit.
The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous tree.
References
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- ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini