Bicyclus safitza

Bicyclus safitza
wet season form, f. injusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Elymniini
Genus: Bicyclus
Species: B. safitza
Binomial name
Bicyclus safitza
(Westwood, [1850])
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis safitza Westwood, [1850]
  • Papilio delila Fabricius, 1793
  • Mycalesis eusirus Hopffer, 1855
  • Mycalesis evenus Hopffer, 1855
  • Mycalesis injusta Wallengren, 1857
  • Mycalesis caffra Wallengren, 1857
  • Mycalesis safitza ab. semicoeca Strand, 1910
  • Mycalesis aethiops f. velutina Ungemach, 1932

The Common Bush Brown or Common Savanna Bush Brown (Bicyclus safitza) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in all of Africa, south of the Sahara.

The wingspan is 40–45 mm for males and 43-48 for females. Adults are on wing year round.[1]

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Ehrharta erecta.[2]

Subspecies and forms

wet season form, f. safitza – south to Mpumalanga, South Africa
wet season form, f. injusta – South African east coast regions
dry season form, f. evenus – widespread
dry season form, f. evenus, lacking clear ocelli on hind wing

References

  1. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
  2. Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
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