Bebearia phantasiella, the fantasiella, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda and Tanzania.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini The habitat consists of forests.
The fore wing beneath at the distal margin more or less darkened, olive-green; the dark distal area with its proximal margin curved. Wings beneath at least in the cell with more or less distinct dark markings. Wings above with the usual dark transverse bands very distinct. Smaller species, 50—55 mm. 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.
Subspecies Bebearia phantasiella phantasiella (Nigeria, Cameroon) Bebearia phantasiella simulata (van Someren, 1939) (Uganda, Tanzania: western shores of Lake Victoria)
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