Bicyclus auricruda

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Bicyclus auricruda
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B. auricruda
Binomial name
Bicyclus auricruda
(Butler, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis auricruda Butler, 1868
  • Bicyclus auricruda fulgida Fox, 1963
  • Mycalesis auricruda ab. parvoocellata Grünberg, 1911

Bicyclus auricruda, the small marbled bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of evergreen and gallery forests.

Arthur Gardiner Butler's original illustration

Subspecies[]

  • Bicyclus auricruda auricruda (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • Bicyclus auricruda fulgidus Fox, 1963 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, western Kenya, western Tanzania)

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 2012-05-14.


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