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.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini The habitat consists of forests.
Seitz- E. maximiana Stgr. is a very similar [to] Bebearia flaminia, but somewhat larger species, of which a few specimens were captured by Dr. Preuss at the Barombi Station in the Cameroons and which is very little known as yet.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
The larvae feed on an unidentified dicotyledonous tree.
Subspecies 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)
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