Bicyclus martius

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Bicyclus martius
Black bush brown (Bicyclus martius martius) male.jpg
Male B. m. martius, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. martius
Binomial name
Bicyclus martius
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio martius Fabricius, 1793
  • Bicyclus martius f. viettei Condamin, 1961
  • Bicyclus sanaos melas Condamin, 1965
  • Mycalesis sanaos Hewitson, 1866
  • Mycalesis hintzi Strand, 1912
  • Mycalesis bibundensis Strand, 1913
  • Mycalesis completa Gaede, 1915

Bicyclus martius, the black bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of lowland primary forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum.

Subspecies[]

  • Bicyclus martius martius (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)
  • Bicyclus martius sanaos (Hewitson, 1866) (Nigeria, Bioko, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)
  • Bicyclus martius.JPG
  • Bicyclus martius1.JPG

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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