Bicyclus buea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. buea
Binomial name
Bicyclus buea
(Strand, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis (Monotrichtis) buea Strand, 1912
  • Mycalesis benitonis Strand, 1913
  • Mycalesis mildbraedi Gaede, 1915

Bicyclus buea, the small black bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense and sub-montane forests.

Both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit.

References

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  1. ↑ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-14.


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