Bicyclus heathi

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Bicyclus heathi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. heathi
Binomial name
Bicyclus heathi
Brattström et al., 2015

Bicyclus heathi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The wingspan is 27 mm. The wings are dark reddish brown without eyespots, except a small amount of lighter scales placed. Females are larger and the wing colour is paler, with fewer reddish tones, than the males.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Alan Heath, who collected the holotype and one paratype during a visit to the Irangi forest region in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. Brattström, Oskar; Aduse-Poku, Kwaku; Collins, Steve C.; Di Micco De Santo, Teresa; Brakefield, Paul M. (2016). "Revision of theBicyclus sciathisspecies group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with descriptions of four new species and corrected distributional records". Systematic Entomology. 41 (1): 207–228. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..207B. doi:10.1111/syen.12150. ISSN   0307-6970. PMC   4810357 . PMID   27076698.