Bicyclus jefferyi

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Jeffrey's bush brown
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. jefferyi
Binomial name
Bicyclus jefferyi
Fox, 1963 [1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis miriam f. punctiferaStrand, 1909
  • Mycalesis miriam miriam ab. addendaDufrane, 1945

Bicyclus jefferyi, or Jeffrey's bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Tanzania, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley) and northern Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of meadows or clearings inside or near semi-montane forests.

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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.