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Bebearia zonara
Kakum national Park, Ghana
in Rhopalocera Aethiopica Aurivillius, 1869
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. zonara
Binomial name
Bebearia zonara (Butler, 1871)
Synonyms
Aterica zonara Butler, 1871 Bebearia (Apectinaria) zonara

Bebearia zonara, the light brown forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kasai, Sankuru and Lualaba) and Uganda (Semuliki National Park and Semliki-Toro Reserve). The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species.

References

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

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