Bicyclus istaris
| Bicyclus istaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. istaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)[1] | |
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Bicyclus istaris, the Velvet Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley) and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests in somewhat hilly areas.
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- ↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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