Bebearia demetra

Grey forester
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. demetra
Binomial name
Bebearia demetra (Godart, 1824)[1]
Synonyms
Nymphalis demetra Godart, 1824 Bebearia (Bebearia) demetra Euryphene soemis Hewitson, 1864 Euryphene leonina Staudinger, 1891 Euryphene demetra obsolescens Talbot, 1928

Bebearia demetra, the grey forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of wet forests.

Subspecies

• Bebearia demetra demetra (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
• Bebearia demetra obsolescens (Talbot, 1928) (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic)

References

1. "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini