Bebearia absolon

Bebearia absolon, the Absolon forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Bebearia absolon
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bebearia
Species:
B. absolon
Binomial name
Bebearia absolon
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio absolon Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) absolon
  • Euryphene candida Capronnier, 1889
  • Euryphene entebbiae Lathy, 1906

The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium and Hypselodelphys species.

Subspecies
  • Bebearia absolon absolon (eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, northern Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Bebearia absolon entebbiae (Lathy, 1906) (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

References
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africa
  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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