Bicyclus medontias

Species of butterfly

White-line bush brown


Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. medontias
Binomial name
*Bicyclus medontias* (Hewitson, 1873)^[1]
Synonyms
Mycalesis medontias Hewitson, 1873 Idiomorphus vala Plötz, 1880 Mycalesis medontias f. micropthalma Rebel, 1914 Bicyclus medontias var. obsoletus Holland, 1920

Bicyclus medontias, the white-line bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of forests, including somewhat degraded forests.

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^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.