Bicyclus kenia

Bicyclus kenia
Bicyclus kenia figure 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species: B. kenia
Binomial name
Bicyclus kenia
(Rogenhofer, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis kenia Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Mycalesis kenia var. inocellata Gaede, 1915

Bicyclus kenia, the Kenyan Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in central and south-western Kenya, northern Tanzania, Uganda (the north shore of Lake Victoria) and southern Sudan.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

Adults feed on fallen fruit.

References

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