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Bicyclus pavonis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bicyclus

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Bicyclus pavonis, the Rock Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, northern Ethiopia and north-western Kenya. The habitat consists of rocky outcrops in arid savanna.

The larvae feed on Sporobolus pyramidalis.

References

Bicyclus pavonis Wikipedia