Bicyclus_campina

<i>Bicyclus campina</i>

Bicyclus campina

Species of butterfly

Bicyclus campina, the Chirinda bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Semuliki National Park, western Uganda,[2] Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[3] The habitat consists of dense savanna and open forests.

Quick Facts Chirinda bush brown, Scientific classification ...

Adults are on wing year round. There are well-defined seasonal forms.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

  • Bicyclus campina campina (Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
  • Bicyclus campina carcassoni Condamin, 1963 (central Kenya)
  • Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910) (coast of Kenya, the coast and north-eastern of highlands Tanzania)

References

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  1. [1]
    "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. [2]
    Forbes, S. (2018). The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uganda. Metamorphosis 29: 29–41.
  3. [3]
    "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.


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