Bicyclus hewitsonii

Bicyclus hewitsonii, the large blue-banded bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of dense primary forests.

Bicyclus hewitsonii
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana under various names
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. hewitsonii
Binomial name
Bicyclus hewitsonii
(Doumet, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Idiomorphus hewitsoni Doumet, 1861
  • Idiomorphus nanodes Grose-Smith, 1890
  • Mycalesis bicolor Bartel, 1905
  • Mycalesis subocellatus Bartel, 1905
  • Mycalesis owassae Schultze, 1914
  • Mycalesis nanodes nyongensis Birket-Smith, 1960
  • Bicyclus hewitsoni

Adults are often found feeding from fallen fruit.

References
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  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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