Biology:Bicyclus funebris

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Bicyclus funebris
Funereal bush brown (Bicyclus funebris).jpg
In Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. funebris
Binomial name
Bicyclus funebris
(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Satyris funebris Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Mycalesis nebulosa Felder and Felder, 1867
  • Mycalesis saga Butler, 1868
  • Mycalesis agraphis Karsch, 1893
  • Mycalesis rhanidostroma Karsch, 1893
  • Mycalesis (Monotrichtis) funebris f. agraphides Strand, 1912

Bicyclus funebris, the funereal bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests, but extends to wet forests and dense savanna. It is also found in heavy woodland.

The larvae feed on Setaria barbata, Digitaria seminuda and Imperata cylindrica.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4903847 entry