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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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| image = Light brown forester (Bebearia zonara).jpg
| image = Light brown forester (Bebearia zonara).jpg
| image_caption = Kakum national Park, [[Ghana]]
| image_caption = Kakum national Park, [[Ghana]]
| image2 =Rhopalocera Aethiopica AurivilliusTafIII.jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| image2_caption = in ''Rhopalocera Aethiopica'' Aurivillius, 1869
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| taxon = Bebearia zonara
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| authority = ([[Arthur Gardiner Butler|Butler]], 1871)<ref name=funet>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/bebearia/ "''Bebearia'' Hemming, 1960"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Nymphalidae]]
| genus = ''[[Bebearia]]''
| species = '''''B. zonara'''''
| binomial = ''Bebearia zonara''
| binomial_authority = ([[Arthur Gardiner Butler|Butler]], 1871)<ref name=funet>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/bebearia/ "''Bebearia'' Hemming, 1960"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
*''Aterica zonara'' <small>Butler, 1871</small>
*''Aterica zonara'' <small>Butler, 1871</small>
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'''''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]] (Bwamba and Toro).<ref name=ATBUT>[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]</ref> The habitat consists of forests.
'''''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).<ref name=ATBUT>[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]</ref> The habitat consists of forests.


The larvae feed on ''[[Hypselodelphys]]'' species.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
The larvae feed on ''[[Hypselodelphys]]'' species.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}

Latest revision as of 19:15, 26 July 2024

Bebearia zonara
Kakum national Park, Ghana
in Rhopalocera Aethiopica Aurivillius, 1869
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. zonara
Binomial name
Bebearia zonara
(Butler, 1871)[1]
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).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species.[citation needed]

References

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