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Bicyclus maesseni

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Maessen's ignoble bush brown
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. maesseni
Binomial name
Bicyclus maesseni
Condamin, 1971[1]

Bicyclus maesseni, or Maessen's ignoble bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo.[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests with a closed canopy, usually with tangled undergrowth.

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.