Bicyclus hewitsonii

Bicyclus hewitsonii
	In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana under various names
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. hewitsonii
Binomial name
	Bicyclus hewitsonii; (Doumet, 1861)
Synonyms
	Idiomorphus hewitsoni Doumet, 1861; Idiomorphus nanodes Grose-Smith, 1890; Mycalesis bicolor Bartel, 1905; Mycalesis subocellatus Bartel, 1905; Mycalesis owassae Schultze, 1914; Mycalesis nanodes nyongensis Birket-Smith, 1960; Bicyclus hewitsoni;

Bicyclus hewitsonii, the large blue-banded bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of dense primary forests.

Adults are often found feeding from fallen fruit.

References

^ "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.

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