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Bebearia arcadius
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bebearia arcadius, the Arcadian, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.
E. arcadius F. (40 b). The hindwing and the basal one-fourth of the forewing are very dark chestnut-brown above, with indistinct markings; the cell and the base of cellules (2) 3—6 are bluish green, the former with two black transverse lines; the entire distal part on the contrary is black with three transverse rows of large white spots, suffused with greenish; a greenish transverse streak is usually present also in cellule 7 of the hindwing. The under surface agrees almost entirely with that of plistonax. Sierra Leone to Gold Coast.[3]
Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.
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