Bicyclus ignobilis

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Bicyclus ignobilis
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B. ignobilis
Binomial name
Bicyclus ignobilis
(Butler, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis ignobilis Butler, 1870

Bicyclus ignobilis, the ignoble bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies[]

  • Bicyclus ignobilis ignobilis (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Benin, western Nigeria)
  • Bicyclus ignobilis acutus Condamin, 1965 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Bicyclus ignobilis eurini Condamin & Fox, 1963 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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.


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