Bebearia aurora is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Uganda.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
E. aurora Auriv. is only known in the female [1921 ]. The wings are very dark brown above, at the apex of the forewing to vein 5 nearly black; the dark transverse bands are indistinct; the subapical band, which forms a spot in cellule 4 also, and the apex of the forewing are white; from vein 2 of the forewing to vein 2 of the hindwing runs a very indistinctly defined, bluish violet or bronzy median band; the under surface is dull green, in the basal part of the hindwing somewhat darker and beyond the middle interrupted by the thick, somewhat lighter rings of the postdiscal spots; as in many other species, a curved, dark olive-brown stripe runs from the apex of the forewing to the middle of the hindmargin; in addition to the white markings of the upper surface the forewing has a transverse band in the cell and the hindwing a transverse streak in cellule 7. Congo region, on the Ubangi River.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 B. a. aurora (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) B. a. graueri Hecq, 1990 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) B. a. kayonza (Jackson, 1956) (Uganda: south-west to the Kigezi district) B. a. theia Hecq, 1989 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia) B. a. wilverthi (Aurivillius, 1898) (Central African Republic, central Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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