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Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)

Subspecies

  • [Bebearia] sophus phreone (Feisthamel, 1850)

  • [Bebearia] sophus sophus (Fabricius, 1793)

Adult morphologyWingspan31
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1014
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)422
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Apocynaceae
    - Landolphia
  • Sapotaceae
    - Chrysophyllum

  • Apocynaceae
    - Landolphia
  • Sapotaceae
    - Chrysophyllum

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011