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Bebearia arcadius

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Species of butterfly

Arcadian
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. arcadius
Binomial name
Bebearia arcadius
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Papilio arcadius Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) arcadius
  • Nymphalis siva Godart, 1824

Bebearia arcadius, the Arcadian, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

References

  1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Taxon identifiers
Bebearia arcadius


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