Bebearia barombina, the large green forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the south-western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini The habitat consists of forests.
E. barombina Stgr. (44 d) is similar to the preceding species [ Bebearia chilonis], but differs in having the subapical band of the forewing entirely absent in the male and in the female only represented by a small yellowish spot near the base of cellules 5 and 6; the green median band is narrower and reaches vein 4 of the forewing; the under surface is darker, greyish green, with two indistinct transverse rows of dark spots in the distal part, but without submarginal line; the white spot at the apex of the forewing very large in the female.This species is also rare and is only found at the Barombi Station in the Cameroons.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 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.
Adults feed on fallen fruit.
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