Bicyclus milyas

Bicyclus milyas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species: B. milyas
Binomial name
Bicyclus milyas
(Hewitson, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis milyas Hewitson, 1864
  • Mycalesis desolata Butler, 1876
  • Mycalesis leptoglena Karsch, 1893

Bicyclus milyas, the Lesser Rock Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Sierra Leone, northern Ivory Coast, northern Ghana, northern Togo, northern Benin, northern Nigeria, the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, northern Uganda, south-western Ethiopia and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica and Pennisetum purpureum.

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