Bicyclus campina
Chirinda bush brown | |
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B. c. campina in Chirinda Forest | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bicyclus |
Species: | B. campina |
Binomial name | |
Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Bicyclus campina, the Chirinda bush brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of dense savanna and open forests.
Adults are on wing year round. There are well-defined seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
Subspecies
- Bicyclus campina campina (Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
- Bicyclus campina carcassoni Condamin, 1963 (central Kenya)
- Bicyclus campina ocelligera (Strand, 1910) (coast of Kenya, the coast and north-eastern of highlands Tanzania)
References
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- ↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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