Bicyclus sandace

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Bicyclus sandace
Dark vulgar bush brown (Bicyclus sandace).jpg
in Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. sandace
Binomial name
Bicyclus sandace
(Hewitson, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis sandace Hewitson, 1877

Bicyclus sandace, the dark vulgar bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, western Kenya, western Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland and sub-montane forests.

Adults are attracted to fermented fruit.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

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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