Bebearia maximiana, the maximal forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bebearia |
| Species: | B. maximiana
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| Bebearia maximiana (Staudinger, 1891)[1]
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The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous tree.
Subspecies
edit- Bebearia maximiana maximiana (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, northern Kivu and Lualaba)
- Bebearia maximiana ata Hecq, 1990 (Gabon)
References
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- ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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