Bebearia cocalia Fabricius 1793

Bebearia cocalia, the common palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the 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

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

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  Female B. c. cocalia
  Kakum National Park, Ghana

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  Male B. c. katera
  Kibale Forest, Uganda

References

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Bebearia cocalia is een vlinder uit de onderfamilie Limenitidinae van de familie Nymphalidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1793 door Johann Christian Fabricius.