Bicyclus evadne, the small stately bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Bicyclus evadne | |
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Male | |
Female both B. e. elionas, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bicyclus |
Species: | B. evadne
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Binomial name | |
Bicyclus evadne | |
Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
edit- Bicyclus evadne evadne (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)
- Bicyclus evadne elionias (Hewitson, 1866) (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
edit- ^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- Media related to Bicyclus evadne at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Bicyclus evadne at Wikispecies