Bicyclus sebetus

Species of butterfly

Bicyclus sebetus


Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. sebetus
Binomial name
*Bicyclus sebetus* (Hewitson, 1877)^[1]
Synonyms
Idomorphus sebetus Hewitson, 1877 Idiomorphus una Plötz, 1880 Mycalesis kochi Grünberg, 1910

Bicyclus sebetus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Burundi, western Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of dense lowland forests.

Adults are attracted to the scent of fermenting bananas.

References

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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.