Species name |
Bebearia mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
Mandinga forester.. |
Taxonomy |
Euryphene
mandinga
Felder & Felder, 1860. Wiener
Entomologische Monatsschrift 4: 108 (97-112).
Type locality: Senegal. Probably patria falsa; more likely to be Sierra Leone (Larsen, 2005a) |
Subspecies |
Bebearia (Apectinaria) mandinga mandinga (Felder & Felder, 1860)
Bebearia (Apectinaria) mandinga beni Hecq, 1990
:Democratic Republic of Congo (east), Uganda (Bwamba, Toro). |
Distribution
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Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria,
Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Uganda. |
Distribution Map |
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Biology
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Host plant: Hypselodelphys scandens (Marantaceae) [Fontaine, 1988 (Democratic Republic
of Congo)]. Hypselodelphys species (Marantaceae) [Amiet, 1998 (Cameroon)].
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Nigeria |
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References
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Euphaedra, Site of Markku Savela
Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini |