Bicyclus dorothea

Bicyclus dorothea
Scientific 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 Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Central African Republic, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas and clearings in forests.

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

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