Biology:Bicyclus sambulos

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Bicyclus sambulos
Tailed bush brown (Bicyclus sambulos unicolor) underside Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
Bicyclus sambulos unicolor, Ghana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. sambulos
Binomial name
Bicyclus sambulos
(Hewitson, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis sambulos Hewitson, 1877

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

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and sap oozing from trees.

Subspecies

  • Bicyclus sambulos sambulos (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania)
  • Bicyclus sambulos cyaneus Condamin, 1961 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Bicyclus sambulos unicolor Condamin, 1971 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4903884 entry