• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Black forester

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) abesa abesa	(Hewitson, 1869)
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) abesa pandera	Hecq, 1988

• Bebearia (Apectinaria) abesa is a member of the clade Bebearia tentyris:

• Species	Author
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) abesa	Hewitson, 1869
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) absolon	(Fabricius, 1793)
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) carshena	Hewitson, 1870
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) dallastai	Hecq, 1994
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) languida	(Schultze, 1920)
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) lucayensis	Hecq, 1996
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) mandinga	C. & R. Felder, 1860
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) micans	(Aurivillius, 1898)
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) osyris	Schultze, 1920
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) oxione	Hewitson, 1866
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) partita	Aurivillius, 1895
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) subtentyris	(Strand, 1912)
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) tentyris	Hewitson, 1866
  Bebearia (Apectinaria) zonara	Butler, 1871

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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