Bicyclus istaris

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.

Bicyclus istaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. istaris
Binomial name
Bicyclus istaris
(Plötz, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis istaris Plötz, 1880
  • Mycalesis rhanidostroma Karsch, 1893
  • Monotrichtis sophrosyne brunnea Jackson, 1951

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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