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Bicyclus smithi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Bicyclus

Bicyclus smithi

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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)

    • References

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