Bicyclus kenia
Appearance
Kenyan bush brown | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bicyclus |
Species: | B. kenia
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Binomial name | |
Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)[1]
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Bicyclus kenia, the Kenyan bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. 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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- ^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.