Bicyclus sandace

Bicyclus sandace
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 Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bicyclus sandace.

Wikispecies has information related to: Bicyclus sandace