Bicyclus sambulos

Bicyclus sambulos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. sambulos
Binomial name
Bicyclus sambulos (Hewitson, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
Mycalesis sambulos Hewitson, 1877

Bicyclus sambulos, the Tailed Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of dense primary forests.

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and sap oozing from trees.

Subspecies

• Bicyclus sambulos sambulos (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, westwern Tanzania)
• Bicyclus sambulos cyaneus Condamin, 1961 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Bicyclus sambulos unicolor Condamin, 1971 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

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