Bicyclus vulgaris
Bicyclus vulgaris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bicyclus |
Species: | B. vulgaris |
Binomial name | |
Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)[1] | |
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Bicyclus vulgaris, the Vulgar Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, western Kenya, Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests (including pre-forest and riparian forest), dense savanna, the edges of farmland, woodland and marshy areas.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
References
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- ↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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