Biology:Bicyclus istaris
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Bicyclus istaris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. istaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)[1]
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Bicyclus istaris, the velvet bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley) and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests in somewhat hilly areas.
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 ☰ Q4903855 entry
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