Biology:Bicyclus hewitsonii

Short description: Species of butterfly

Bicyclus hewitsonii
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana under various names
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. hewitsonii
Binomial name
Bicyclus hewitsonii (Doumet, 1861)
Synonyms
Idiomorphus hewitsoni Doumet, 1861 Idiomorphus nanodes Grose-Smith, 1890 Mycalesis bicolor Bartel, 1905 Mycalesis subocellatus Bartel, 1905 Mycalesis owassae Schultze, 1914 Mycalesis nanodes nyongensis Birket-Smith, 1960 Bicyclus hewitsoni

Bicyclus hewitsonii, the large blue-banded bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of dense primary forests.

Adults are often found feeding from fallen fruit.

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 26

Wikidata ☰ Q4903850 entry