Bicyclus madetes
| Bicyclus madetes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. madetes |
| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)[1] | |
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Bicyclus madetes, the Brown-spot Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including severely degraded forests.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
Subspecies
- Bicyclus madetes madetes (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, western Cameroon, Gabon)
- Bicyclus madetes carola d'Abrera, 1980 (Cameroon: west of the mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo: the Kasai)
References
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- ↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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