Bicyclus campina

Chirinda bush brown

B. c. campina in Chirinda Forest
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. campina
Binomial name
*Bicyclus campina* (Aurivillius, 1901)^[1]
Synonyms
Mycalesis campina Aurivillius, 1901 Mycalesis campina var. goetzi Thurau, 1903 Mycalesis fuelleborni Bartel, 1905 Mycalesis fuelleborni f. ocelligera Strand, 1910 Mycalesis campina var. subapicalis Aurivillius, 1910

Bicyclus campina, the Chirinda bush brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of dense savanna and open forests.

Adults are on wing year round. There are well-defined seasonal forms.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

Bicyclus campina campina (Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
Bicyclus campina carcassoni Condamin, 1963 (central Kenya)
Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910) (coast of Kenya, the coast and north-eastern of highlands Tanzania)

References

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↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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