Bicyclus kenia

Bicyclus kenia, the Kenyan bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and south-western Kenya, northern Tanzania, Uganda (the north shore of Lake Victoria) and southern Sudan.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

Bicyclus kenia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. kenia
Binomial name
Bicyclus kenia
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis kenia Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Mycalesis keniax var. inocellata Gaede, 1915

Adults feed on fallen 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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