Genus Bebearia: There are 18 species of the genus Bebearia so far recorded from Semuliki. These contribute to over 10% of the fruit-feeding species assemblage total and over 75% of Uganda's Bebearia species total (Davenport, 2001). Three species of Bebearia: laetitioides, brunhilda and cocalia are the most common species sampled in the traps, although cocalia is site- specific and depends on the presence of its palm host plant. In contrast B. mandinga and B. plistonax were rarely sampled and B. chloeropsis, never sampled or observed. Bebearia chloeropsis (never sampled and not included in the species checklist of Forbes, 2018) has been recorded as being present in Semuliki (described as being sampled in the Bwamba Valley, now Semliki Valley). It has however been recorded from the Ituri Forest and North Kivu region (Ducarme, 2024). The Metamorphosis publication 'The Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda', Forbes (2018) lists the Bebearia cocalia subspecies as badiana - this should most likely also include the subspecies katera and continentalis. The last complete revision of the genus was conducted by Hecq and the taxonomic groups described have been detailed in 'The Butterflies of World' publication - see references and these taxonomic groupings will be applied here.