Bicyclus zinebi

Bicyclus zinebi, the western large bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests (especially drier forests).

Bicyclus zinebi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. zinebi
Binomial name
Bicyclus zinebi
(Butler, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Idiomorphus zinebi Butler, 1869

The larvae feed on Afromomum latifolium.

References

  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 2012-05-16.


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