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Bebearia aurora

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Bebearia aurora
B. a. wilverthi in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. aurora
Binomial name
Bebearia aurora
Synonyms
  • Euryphene aurora Aurivillius, 1896
  • Euryphene wilwerthi kayonza Jackson, 1956
  • Euryphene wilverthi Aurivillius, 1898

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

Subspecies

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  • B. a. aurora (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • B. a. graueri Hecq, 1990 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • B. a. kayonza (Jackson, 1956) (Uganda: south-west to the Kigezi district)
  • B. a. theia Hecq, 1989 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia)
  • B. a. wilverthi (Aurivillius, 1898) (Central African Republic, central Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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