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Bebearia makala

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Bebearia makala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. makala
Binomial name
Bebearia makala
Synonyms
  • Euryphene makala Bethune-Baker, 1908

Bebearia makala is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.[2]

E. makala Baker agrees with Bebearia luteola, except that the narrow oblique band of the male forewing has developed into a broad subapical patch extending to beyond vein 3. The under surface of both wings brownish olive-green with the markings of the upper surface showing through; in the cell four dark-ringed spots and beyond the middle traces of two dark transverse bands and of the submarginal line ; the hind¬ wing with three sharply outlined black dots in the cell and with indistinct traces of a median band and a submarginal line. Expanse 89 mm. Makala, Congo region[3]

Subspecies

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  • Bebearia makala makala (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Bebearia makala bosmansi Hecq, 1989 (Cameroon)

References

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  1. ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.