Bicyclus buea

Bicyclus buea, the small black bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense and sub-montane forests.

Bicyclus buea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. buea
Binomial name
Bicyclus buea
(Strand, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis (Monotrichtis) buea Strand, 1912
  • Mycalesis benitonis Strand, 1913
  • Mycalesis mildbraedi Gaede, 1915

Both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit.

References
  1. "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina


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