Bicyclus campina

Bicyclus campina, the Chirinda bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Semuliki National Park, western Uganda[2], Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[3] The habitat consists of dense savanna and open forests.

Chirinda bush brown
B. c. campina in Chirinda Forest
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. campina
Binomial name
Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
Mycalesis campina Aurivillius, 1901 Mycalesis campina var. goetzi Thurau, 1903 Mycalesis fuelleborni Bartel, 1905 Mycalesis fuelleborni f. ocelligera Strand, 1910 Mycalesis campina var. subapicalis Aurivillius, 1910

Adults are on wing year round. There are well-defined seasonal forms.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

• Bicyclus campina campina (Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
• Bicyclus campina carcassoni Condamin, 1963 (central Kenya)
• Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910) (coast of Kenya, the coast and north-eastern of highlands Tanzania)

References

1. "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Forbes, S. (2018). The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda. Metamorphosis 29: 29–41.
3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina