Bicyclus martius

Bicyclus martius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species: B. martius
Binomial name
Bicyclus martius
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio martius Fabricius, 1793
  • Bicyclus martius f. viettei Condamin, 1961
  • Bicyclus sanaos melas Condamin, 1965
  • Mycalesis sanaos Hewitson, 1866
  • Mycalesis hintzi Strand, 1912
  • Mycalesis bibundensis Strand, 1913
  • Mycalesis completa Gaede, 1915

Bicyclus martius, the Black Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of lowland primary forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum.

Subspecies

References

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