Bicyclus dorothea
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. dorothea |
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| Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, 1779)[1] | |
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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.
Subspecies
- Bicyclus dorothea dorothea (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, western Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964 (Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome)
References
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- ↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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