Bebearia sophus

Bebearia sophus, the Sophus forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Angola. The habitat consists of low to montane forests.

Bebearia sophus
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bebearia
Species:	B. sophus
Binomial name
Bebearia sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Papilio sophus Fabricius, 1793 Bebearia (Apectinaria) sophus Euriphene sophus aruunda Overlaet, 1955 Euriphene sophus aruunda f. albofasciata Overlaet, 1955 Euriphene sophus aruunda f. variegata Overlaet, 1955 Euryphene sophus audeoudi Riley, 1936 Euryphene sophus ochreata Carcasson, 1961 Euryphene phreone Feisthamel, 1850

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Landolphia and Chrysophyllum species.

Subspecies

• B. s. sophus (Guinea: Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• B. s. aruunda (Overlaet, 1955) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, north Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Kwilu, Kasai, Sankuru, Lomami, Lualaba and Tanganika)
• B. s. audeoudi (Riley, 1936) (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• B. s. monforti Hecq, 1990 (Rwanda)
• B. s. ochreata (Carcasson, 1961) (western Tanzania)
• B. s. phreone (Feisthamel, 1850) (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea)