Biology:Bicyclus smithi
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of butterfly
| Bicyclus smithi | |
|---|---|
| |
| Figures 7 and 8 | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. smithi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1899)[1]
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Bicyclus smithi, or Smith's bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.
Adults are attracted to fermenting bananas.
Subspecies
- Bicyclus smithi smithi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
- Bicyclus smithi eurypterus Condamin, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Bicyclus smithi fernandina (Schultze, 1914) (Bioko)
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bicyclus smithi. |
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q4903894 entry
 |  |
