Bicyclus smithi

Bicyclus smithi
Bicyclus smithi figures 7, 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. smithi
Binomial name
Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1899)
Synonyms
Mycalesis smithi Aurivillius, 1899 Mycalesis ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898 Mycalesis nandina Ansorge, 1899 Mycalesis obscura Aurivillius, 1901 Mycalesis campides Strand, 1912 Mycalesis fernandina Schultze, 1914 Bicyclus smithi poensis Condamin, 1963

Bicyclus smithi, Smith’s Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Adults are attracted to fermenting bananas.

Subspecies

• Bicyclus smithi smithi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
• Bicyclus smithi eurypterus Condamin, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Bicyclus smithi fernandina (Schultze, 1914) (Bioko)