Bebearia arcadius


Bebearia arcadius, the Arcadian, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of wetter forests.
E. arcadius F.. The hindwing and the basal one-fourth of the forewing are very dark chestnut-brown above, with indistinct markings; the cell and the base of cellules 3—6 are bluish green, the former
with two black transverse lines; the entire distal part on the contrary is black with three transverse rows of large white spots, suffused with greenish; a greenish transverse streak is usually present also in cellule 7 of the hindwing. The under surface agrees almost entirely with that of plistonax. Sierra Leone to Gold Coast.
Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.