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Bebearia osyris

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Species of butterfly

Winifred's forester
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species: B. osyris
Binomial name
Bebearia osyris
(Schultze, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Euryphura tentyris f. osyris Schultze, 1920
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) osyris
  • Najas tentyris winifredae Fox, 1965
  • Bebearia winifredae
  • Bebearia tentyris winifredae

Bebearia osyris, or Winifred's forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Adults are attracted to 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 osyris


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