Bicyclus nobilis

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Bicyclus nobilis
Larsen's bush brown (Bicyclus larseni) female Kakum.jpg
Female B. larseni in Ghana
formerly described as B. nobilis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. nobilis
Binomial name
Bicyclus nobilis
(Aurivillius, 1893) [1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis nobilisAurivillius, 1893

Bicyclus nobilis, the noble bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. [2] Species in Ghana are B. larseni. The habitat consists of wetter forests of good quality.

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.