Bicyclus zinebi

Bicyclus zinebi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species: B. zinebi
Binomial name
Bicyclus zinebi
(Butler, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Idiomorphus zinebi Butler, 1869

Bicyclus zinebi, the Western Large Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests (especially drier forests).

The larvae feed on Afromomum latifolium.

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