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Bicyclus sophrosyne

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Bicyclus sophrosyne
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B. sophrosyne
Binomial name
Bicyclus sophrosyne
(Plötz, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis sophrosyne Plötz, 1880
  • Mycalesis ploetzi Bartel, 1905
  • Mycalesis sophrosyne ab. decemoculi Birket-Smith, 1960

Bicyclus sophrosyne, the large velvet bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane forest.

Subspecies

  • Bicyclus sophrosyne sophrosyne (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Bicyclus sophrosyne overlaeti Condamin, 1965 (south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)

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