Biology:Bicyclus madetes
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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| B. m. madetes Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. madetes
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| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)[1]
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Bicyclus madetes, the brown-spot bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including severely degraded forests.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
Subspecies
- Bicyclus madetes madetes (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, western Cameroon, Gabon)
- Bicyclus madetes carola d'Abrera, 1980 (Cameroon: west of the mountains, Democratic Republic of the Congo: the Kasai)
Variations in spot patterns
B. m. madetes in Ghana
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References
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- ↑ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_mycalesina.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q4903863 entry
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