Bicyclus martius

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Bicyclus

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Bicyclus martius, the Black Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda. The habitat consists of lowland primary forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum.

Subspecies

Bicyclus martius martius (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)

Bicyclus martius sanaos (Hewitson, 1866) (Nigeria, Bioko, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)

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