Bicyclus taenias

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.

Bicyclus taenias
Male
Female
Scientific 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

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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