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Bicyclus pavonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. pavonis
Binomial name
Bicyclus pavonis
(Butler, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis pavonis Butler, 1876

Bicyclus pavonis, the rock bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, northern Ethiopia and north-western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of rocky outcrops in arid savanna.

The larvae feed on Sporobolus pyramidalis.

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


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