Bicyclus kenia

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Bicyclus kenia
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B. kenia
Binomial name
Bicyclus kenia
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis kenia Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Mycalesis keniax var. inocellata Gaede, 1915

Bicyclus kenia, the Kenyan bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and south-western Kenya, northern Tanzania, Uganda (the north shore of Lake Victoria) and southern Sudan.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

Adults feed on fallen fruit.

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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