Bebearia luteola


Bebearia luteola is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
E. luteola Baker. Upper surface of both wings deep velvety blackish bronzy green; forewing beyond the cell and vein 3 somewhat lighter bronzy green; this lighter colour, however, reaches neither
the base nor the distal margin; in the cell there are three dark spots, one at the base, one in the middle and a larger one at the apex; a yellowish oblique band between the costal margin and vein 5, terminating in cellule 4 with a yellow patch; the apex usually with a small yellow spot; an indistinct row of dark submarginal spots; on the hindwing the bronze-green colour often extends nearly to the distal margin; a trace of a dark submarginal line. Beneath both wings olive-green with all the markings of the upper surface more or less showing through: the base of the costal margin of the forewing is light bluish white to the middle of the cell; the forewing with dark, sometimes obsolete submarginal spots; the hindwing with three black spots in the cell and a white
transverse spot at the middle of cellule 7; the postdiscal spots and the submarginal line dark but not sharply defined; cellules 1 a—2 more or less suffused with yellowish. Expanse 77 mm. Congo.