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Bicyclus campina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bicyclus

Bicyclus campina

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Bicyclus campina, the Chirinda bush brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of dense savanna and open forests.

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

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

  • Bicyclus campina campina (Tanzania, Democratic Republic of 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

    Bicyclus campina Wikipedia
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