Bebearia ikelemba is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was originally described as Euryphene ikelemba by Swedish entomologist Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1901, and has since been reclassified within the genus Bebearia (Hemming, 1960). It is placed in the subfamily Limenitinae and tribe Adoliadini.
Distribution: The species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, specifically in the Equateur and Tshopo regions, as well as southern Kivu.
Description: Only the female is known. It closely resembles the female of Bebearia cinaethon, but differs in having the dark submarginal line of the forewing strongly undulate (or almost angled) and bordered basally by a light margin. The light yellow transverse band of the forewing is narrow from the costal margin to vein 4, becomes broader in cellule 3, then bends toward the hindmargin and reaches vein 1. In cellules 2 and 1b, it is divided by a transverse shade into two branches. The hindwing shows traces of three lighter transverse lines above. The under surface is scarcely different from that of the B. cinaethon female.
Subspecies:
- Bebearia ikelemba ikelemba — Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur and Tshopo)
- Bebearia ikelemba kamituga Berger, 1981 — Democratic Republic of the Congo (southern Kivu)
