Bicyclus madetes

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Bicyclus madetes
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B. m. madetes
Ghana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. madetes
Binomial name
Bicyclus madetes
(Hewitson, 1874) [1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis madetesHewitson, 1874
  • Mycalesis nuwaPlötz, 1880
  • Mycalesis erysichtonEhrmann, 1894

Bicyclus madetes, the brown-spot bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of forests, including severely degraded forests.

Contents

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

Variations in spot patterns

B. m. madetes in Ghana


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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.