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Bicyclus campus

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Hill bush brown
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. campus
Binomial name
Bicyclus campus
(Karsch, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis campus Karsch, 1893
  • Mycalesis baumanni Karsch, 1894
  • Mycalesis olivia Grünberg, 1911

Bicyclus campus, the hill bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, northern Cameroon, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya and eastern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of hilly terrain with forest/savanna mosaic.

References

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  1. ^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.