Bicyclus iccius

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Scarce blue-banded bush brown
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. iccius
Binomial name
Bicyclus iccius
(Hewitson, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Idiomorphus icciusHewitson, 1865
  • Mycalesis iccius ab. transiensBartel, 1905

Bicyclus iccius, the scarce blue-banded bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

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References

  1. "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.