Bicyclus milyas
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. milyas |
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| Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)[1] | |
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Bicyclus milyas, the Lesser Rock Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Sierra Leone, northern Ivory Coast, northern Ghana, northern Togo, northern Benin, northern Nigeria, the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, northern Uganda, south-western Ethiopia and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.
The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica and Pennisetum purpureum.
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- ↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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