Bicyclus sophrosyne

Bicyclus sophrosyne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. sophrosyne
Binomial name
*Bicyclus sophrosyne* (Plötz, 1880)^[1]
Synonyms
Mycalesis sophrosyne Plötz, 1880 Mycalesis ploetzi Bartel, 1905 Mycalesis sophrosyne ab. decemoculi Birket-Smith, 1960

Bicyclus sophrosyne, the Large Velvet Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane forest.

Subspecies

Bicyclus sophrosyne sophrosyne (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Bicyclus sophrosyne overlaeti Condamin, 1965 (south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia)

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