Bebearia sophus

Bebearia sophus, the Sophus forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of low to montane forests.

Bebearia sophus
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bebearia
Species:
B. sophus
Binomial name
Bebearia sophus
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio sophus Fabricius, 1793
  • Bebearia (Apectinaria) sophus
  • Euriphene sophus aruunda Overlaet, 1955
  • Euriphene sophus aruunda f. albofasciata Overlaet, 1955
  • Euriphene sophus aruunda f. variegata Overlaet, 1955
  • Euryphene sophus audeoudi Riley, 1936
  • Euryphene sophus ochreata Carcasson, 1961
  • Euryphene phreone Feisthamel, 1850

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Landolphia and Chrysophyllum species.

Subspecies
  • B. s. sophus (Guinea: Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • B. s. aruunda (Overlaet, 1955) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kwilu, Kasai, Sankuru, Lomami, Lualaba and Tanganika)
  • B. s. audeoudi (Riley, 1936) (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • B. s. monforti Hecq, 1990 (Rwanda)
  • B. s. ochreata (Carcasson, 1961) (western Tanzania)
  • B. s. phreone (Feisthamel, 1850) (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea)

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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