''Bebearia subtentyris'', the upland plain forester, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...

. It is found in

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
/ref> The habitat consists of sub-montane forests. “Nearly allied to '' tentyris'' Hew., but characterized ''inter alia'' by the faint bluish violet reflections present only in the dorsal area of the forewing; the species further differs from ''tentyris'' as follows: colouring of the upper surface darker, in the costal area of the forewing no bluish reflections at all, on the other hand with these reflections on the entire hindwing excepting its dorsal area; the rows of black spots on the forewing are of uniform distinctness to the hindmargin; on the hindwing the whole basal area is suffused with blackish.” Cameroons.Aurivillius, .O.. 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 subtentyris subtentyris'' (western Cameroon) *''Bebearia subtentyris phoebeensis'' Hecq, 1996 (Cameroon)

References

Butterflies described in 1912 subtentyris Endemic fauna of Cameroon Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Embrik Strand {{Limenitidinae-stub