Biology:Bicyclus evadne

Short description: Species of butterfly

Bicyclus evadne
Male
Female both B. e. elionas, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. evadne
Binomial name
Bicyclus evadne (Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
Papilio evadne Cramer, 1779 Satyrus servatius Godart, 1824 Mycalesis elionias Hewitson, 1866 Mycalesis noblemairei Janet, 1894 Mycalesis subignobilis Strand, 1913 Mycalesis alberici Dufrane, 1945

Bicyclus evadne, the small stately bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Bicyclus evadne evadne (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)
• Bicyclus evadne elionias (Hewitson, 1866) (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4903843 entry