Bebearia cocalia

Bebearia cocalia
Bebearia cocalia female
Bebearia cocalia 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

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

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on palm trees.

Subspecies

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

male B. c. katera underside
Kibale Forest, Uganda

References

1. Bebearia, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini