Bebearia tentyris

Bebearia tentyris
	male
	female, Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. tentyris
Binomial name
	Bebearia tentyris; (Hewitson, 1866)
Synonyms
	Euryphene tentyris Hewitson, 1866; Bebearia (Apectinaria) tentyris; Euryphene calabarensis Felder and Felder, 1867; Euryphene tentyris var. seeldrayersi Aurivillius, 1899;

Bebearia tentyris, or Hewitson's forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests, especially drier forests.

The larvae feed on Hypselodelphys species.

Subspecies

Bebearia tentyris tentyris (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon)
Bebearia tentyris seeldrayersi (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)^[3]

^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
^ The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda. Metamorphosis, 29: 14-21.

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