Bicyclus dorothea

Light bush brown
In Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. dorothea
Binomial name
Bicyclus dorothea
(Cramer, 1779)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio dorothea Cramer, 1779
  • Papilio melusina Fabricius, 1787
  • Papilio miriam Fabricius, 1793
  • Mycalesis raesaces Hewitson, 1866

Bicyclus dorothea, the light bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Central African Republic, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas and clearings in forests.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum, Paspalum polystachium and Axonopus compressus.

Subspecies

  • Bicyclus dorothea dorothea (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964 (Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé)

References

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  1. ^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.


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