Bicyclus

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Bicyclus
Larsen's bush brown (Bicyclus larseni) male Kakum.jpg
Male B. larseni in Ghana
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Bicyclus
Kirby, 1871
Type species
Idiomorphus hewitsonii
Doumet, 1861
Diversity
84 species
Synonyms
  • IdiomorphusDoumet, 1861
  • MonotrichtisHampson, 1891
  • DicothyrisKarsch, 1893

Bicyclus is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The species are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Species