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| name = Bebearia zonara
| image = SeitzFaunaAfricanaXIIITaf41.jpg
| image = SeitzFaunaAfricanaXIIITaf41.jpg
| image_caption = ''Bebearia zonara'' depicted in [[Adalbert Seitz|Seitz]] ''Fauna Africana''
| image_caption = In [[Adalbert Seitz]]'s ''Fauna Africana''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
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| species = '''''B. zonara'''''
| species = '''''B. zonara'''''
| binomial = ''Bebearia zonara''
| binomial = ''Bebearia zonara''
| binomial_authority = ([[Arthur Gardiner Butler|Butler]], 1871)<ref name=funet>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/bebearia/index.html ''Bebearia''], Site of Markku Savela</ref>
| 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>
*''Bebearia (Apectinaria) zonara''
*''Bebearia'' (''Apectinaria'') ''zonara''
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}}
'''''Bebearia zonara''''', the '''Light Brown Forester''', is a [[butterfly]] in the [[Nymphalidae]] family. It is found in [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Bioko]], [[Gabon]], the [[Republic of Congo]], the [[Central African Republic]], the [[Democratic Republic of 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 [[Nymphalidae]] family. 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.


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

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Bebearia zonara
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
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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 Nymphalidae family. 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).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species.[citation needed]

References

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