Bebearia cocalia

Bebearia cocalia, the common palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, particularly riparian forests.

Bebearia cocalia
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bebearia
Species:
B. cocalia
Binomial name
Bebearia cocalia
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cocalia Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) cocalia
  • Euryphene badiana Rebel, 1914
  • Bebearia badiana
  • Euphaedra themis ab. inornata Rebel, 1914
  • Euryphene mardania katera van Someren, 1939
  • Bebearia senegalensis katera
  • Euryphene mardania f. insularis Schultze, 1920

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on palm trees.

Subspecies
  • B. c. cocalia (south-western Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • B. c. badiana (Rebel, 1914) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania, western and central Kenya)
  • B. c. continentalis Hecq, 1988 (Ghana: the Volta region, Togo, western Nigeria)
  • B. c. katera (van Someren, 1939) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania, western Zambia)

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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