Bebearia Phantasia
''Bebearia phantasia'', the fantasia, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of primary forests. The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous creeper. Subspecies *''Bebearia phantasia phantasia'' (southern Nigeria, western Cameroon) *''Bebearia phantasia concolor'' Hecq, 1988 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo) References

Butterflies described in 1865 Bebearia, phantasia Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Limenitidinae-stub ...
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William Chapman Hewitson
William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) and, also, to birds' nests and eggs. His collection of butterflies, collected by him as well as purchased from travellers throughout the world, was one of the largest and most important of his time. He contributed to and published many works on entomology and ornithology and was an accomplished scientific illustrator. Life William Hewitson was educated in York. He became a land-surveyor and was for some time employed under George Stephenson on the London and Birmingham Railway. Delicate health and the accession to an ample fortune through the death of a relative led him to give up his profession and he afterwards devoted himself to scientific studies. He lived for a time at Bristol and Hampstead. In 1848 he purchased ten or tw ...
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