Bicyclus smithi

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

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Bicyclus smithi, Smith’s Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Adults are attracted to fermenting bananas.

Subspecies

Bicyclus smithi smithi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)

Bicyclus smithi eurypterus Condamin, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Bicyclus smithi fernandina (Schultze, 1914) (Bioko)

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