Bicyclus martius

Bicyclus martius
Male
Female both B. m. martius, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. martius
Binomial name
Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio martiusFabricius, 1793 Bicyclus martius f. vietteiCondamin, 1961 Bicyclus sanaos melasCondamin, 1965 Mycalesis sanaosHewitson, 1866 Mycalesis hintziStrand, 1912 Mycalesis bibundensisStrand, 1913 Mycalesis completaGaede, 1915

Bicyclus martius, the black bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda. ^[2] The habitat consists of lowland primary forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum .

Subspecies

• Bicyclus martius martius (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)
• Bicyclus martius sanaos(Hewitson, 1866) (Nigeria, Bioko, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)

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.