Biology:Bicyclus ignobilis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Bicyclus ignobilis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. ignobilis
Binomial name
Bicyclus ignobilis
(Butler, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis ignobilis Butler, 1870

Bicyclus ignobilis, the ignoble bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Bicyclus ignobilis ignobilis (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Benin, western Nigeria)
  • Bicyclus ignobilis acutus Condamin, 1965 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Bicyclus ignobilis eurini Condamin & Fox, 1963 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4903854 entry