refs← Previous revisionRevision as of 21:10, 31 October 2026 Line 9: Line 9: }} }} '''''Bebearia ashantina''''', the '''Ashanti forester''', is a [[butterfly]] in the family [[Nymphalidae]]. It is found in [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Ghana]].[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini] The habitat consists of forests. '''''Bebearia ashantina''''', the '''Ashanti forester''', is a [[butterfly]] in the family [[Nymphalidae]]. It is found in [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Ghana]]. The habitat consists of forests. Male Forewing black, more or less sprinkled with blue or greenish scales below the costa; cell crossed by two blue or greenish-blue bars followed by an indistinct blue or purplish one beyond the discocellulars : a subapical well defined ochreous bar from vein 7 nearly reaching vein 4, widening below the middle of interspace 5 and bearing a black spot upon it below vein 5; a subtriangular steel-blue or greenish patch having one side extending along the inner margin from one quarter distance from the base to about 3 mm. from the outer margin, and the apex reaching to vein 5 where it is suffused into the subapical ochreous bar; the bases of all the interspaces black; indistinct blackish marks on the blue or greenish area between the veins — an oval one in interspace 3 and strigiform ones in 2 and 6; a suffused blackish border to the outer margin about 3 mm. in width and a quadrate white apical spot. Hindwing with the base and outer margin black, the latter about 3 mm. in width and inwardly suffused with indigo-blue, broadest towards the apex; disc of wing steel-blue or greenish with a whitish or ochreous patch in interspaces 3 — 6 crossed by blue or greenish lines of scales between the veins; cell with two round black spots in the middle, the upper the larger, and a divided black mark on the upper part of the discocellulars. Male Forewing black, more or less sprinkled with blue or greenish scales below the costa; cell crossed by two blue or greenish-blue bars followed by an indistinct blue or purplish one beyond the discocellulars : a subapical well defined ochreous bar from vein 7 nearly reaching vein 4, widening below the middle of interspace 5 and bearing a black spot upon it below vein 5; a subtriangular steel-blue or greenish patch having one side extending along the inner margin from one quarter distance from the base to about 3 mm. from the outer margin, and the apex reaching to vein 5 where it is suffused into the subapical ochreous bar; the bases of all the interspaces black; indistinct blackish marks on the blue or greenish area between the veins — an oval one in interspace 3 and strigiform ones in 2 and 6; a suffused blackish border to the outer margin about 3 mm. in width and a quadrate white apical spot. Hindwing with the base and outer margin black, the latter about 3 mm. in width and inwardly suffused with indigo-blue, broadest towards the apex; disc of wing steel-blue or greenish with a whitish or ochreous patch in interspaces 3 — 6 crossed by blue or greenish lines of scales between the veins; cell with two round black spots in the middle, the upper the larger, and a divided black mark on the upper part of the discocellulars. Line 25: Line 25: Adults are attracted to fallen fruit. Adults are attracted to fallen fruit. [[Torben Bjørn Larsen|Torben Larsen]] developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication ''Butterflies of West Africa''. This species is #1035.{{cite book |last1=Larsen |first1=Torben B. |author-link= |title= Butterflies of West Africa |year=2005 |publisher=Apollo Books|location= Stenstrup, Denmark |isbn= 978-87-88757-43-9}} The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in ''A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.''{{cite book |last1=Sharp |first1=Charles J. |author-link=|last2= Sáfián|first2= Sz. |title= A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana |year=2026 |publisher=Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust |location=Oxford |isbn= 978-615-02-5911-6| page =140 |url= https://www.sharpphotography.co.uk}} ==References== ==References==