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Bicyclus mesogena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. mesogena
Binomial name
Bicyclus mesogena
(Karsch, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis mesogena Karsch, 1894
  • Mycalesis mesogenina Grünberg, 1911
  • Mycalesis mohangensis Dufrane, 1945
  • Mycalesis mesogena ugandae Riley, 1926

Bicyclus mesogena, the white-line bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including riverine forests.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

Subspecies

  • Bicyclus mesogena mesogena (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, Zambia)
  • Bicyclus mesogena ugandae (Riley, 1926) (Uganda, Tanzania)

References

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