Bicyclus xeneas
Species of butterfly
Bicyclus xeneas | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bicyclus |
Species: | B. xeneas |
Binomial name | |
Bicyclus xeneas (Hewitson, 1866)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Bicyclus xeneas, the stately bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Subspecies
- Bicyclus xeneas xeneas (Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Bicyclus xeneas occidentalis Condamin, 1965 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, western and southern Nigeria)
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