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Bicyclus hyperanthus

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Bethune-Baker's bush brown
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. hyperanthus
Binomial name
Bicyclus hyperanthus
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis hyperanthus Bethune-Baker, 1908

Bicyclus hyperanthus, or Bethune-Baker's bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane forests.

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.