Bicyclus angulosa
Bicyclus angulosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bicyclus |
Species: | B. angulosa |
Binomial name | |
Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)[1] | |
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Bicyclus angulosa, the Startled Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Senegal to Cameroon, in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of dense savanna, including Brachystegia woodland.
Both sexes are attracted by fermenting fruit. Adults of the wet-season form are on wing from December to May, while adults of the dry-season form are found from May to September.
Subspecies
- Bicyclus angulosa angulosa (Senegal to Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Ethiopia)
- Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895) (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, northern and north-eastern Zimbabwe)
References
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- ↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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