Bebearia leptotypa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Bebearia
- Species
- Bebearia leptotypa
- Scientific Name
- Bebearia leptotypa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bebearia leptotypa
Bebearia leptotypa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, north Kivu, Equateur, Kinshasa and Sankuru).
E. leptotypa Baker has both wings black above with pale steel-blue suffusion; the suffusion on the forewing is confined to the posterior part and anteriorly bounded by vein 3, not extending to the base nor the distal margin; the subapical band is white, reaches vein 5 and is accompanied in cellule 4 by a bluish white spot which extends nearly to the distal margin; the apex with small white patch; the hindwing is blue with a broad marginal band of uniform breadth. The under surface is uniform light bronzy green; the forewing with the markings of the upperside indistinct; the hindwing with a whitish angled dash in cellule 7 and with an indistinct dark submarginal line and postmedian band. Expanse 86 mm. Congo region, at Beni-Mawambe.
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Sibling Taxa
- Bebearia aurora
- Bebearia braytoni
- Bebearia brunhilda
- Bebearia chriemhilda
- Bebearia congolensis
- Bebearia cottoni
- Bebearia cutteri
- Bebearia demetra
- Bebearia denticula
- Bebearia dowsetti
- Bebearia ducarmei
- Bebearia flaminia
- Bebearia fontaineana
- Bebearia fulgurata
- Bebearia kiellandi
- Bebearia laetitia
- Bebearia laetitioides
- Bebearia leptotypa
- Bebearia luteola
- Bebearia makala
- Bebearia maledicta
- Bebearia maximiana
- Bebearia omo
- Bebearia phantasia
- Bebearia phantasiella
- Bebearia phantasina
- Bebearia phranza
- Bebearia severini
- Bebearia tessmanni