Bicyclus taenias

Bicyclus taenias
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. taenias
Binomial name
Bicyclus taenias
(Hewitson, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis taenias Hewitson, 1877
  • Mycalesis gerda Plötz, 1880
  • Bicyclus taenias f. pujoli Condamin, 1961

Bicyclus taenias, the grey bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

References

  1. ^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". atbutterflies.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2018-08-20.


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