Bicyclus kenia

Bicyclus kenia
	Figure 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. kenia
Binomial name
	Bicyclus kenia; (Rogenhofer, 1891)
Synonyms
	Mycalesis kenia Rogenhofer, 1891; Mycalesis keniax var. inocellata Gaede, 1915;

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

^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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[funet-1] "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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