Bebearia barombina
Species of butterfly
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Bebearia barombina, the large green forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the south-western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
| Large green forester | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bebearia |
| Species: | B. barombina |
| Binomial name | |
| Bebearia barombina (Staudinger, 1896)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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E. barombina Stgr. (44 d) is similar to the preceding species [ Bebearia chilonis], but differs in having the subapical band
of the forewing entirely absent in the male and in the female only represented by a small yellowish spot near the base of cellules 5 and 6; the green median band is narrower and reaches vein 4 of the forewing; the under surface is darker, greyish green, with two indistinct transverse rows of dark spots in the distal part, but without submarginal line; the white spot at the apex of the forewing very large in the female.This species is also rare and is only found at the Barombi Station in the Cameroons.[3]
Adults feed on fallen fruit.
