Bebearia barce

Shining green forester
	Female (specimen, dorsal side)
	Male (underside) from Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. barce
Binomial name
	Bebearia barce; (Doubleday, 1847)
Synonyms
	Aterica barce Doubleday, 1847; Bebearia (Apectinaria) barce; Euryphene lesbonax Hewitson, 1864; Euryphene barce ab. achillaena Bartel, 1905; Euryphene barce race maculata Aurivillius, 1912;

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Bebearia barce, the shining green forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species

Subspecies

Bebearia barce barce — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana
Bebearia barce maculata (Aurivillius, 1912) — Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Congo, Uganda: Toro, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba

References

^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Learn about butterflies". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-03.

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[funet-1] "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Learn about butterflies". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-03.

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