Bicyclus safitza

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Wet_BB_Beach_Road_13_05_2010.JPG

| image_caption = Wet-season form, f. injusta

| taxon = Bicyclus safitza

| authority = (Westwood, [1850])

| synonyms =

• Mycalesis safitza Westwood, [1850]
• Papilio delila Fabricius, 1793
• Mycalesis eusirus Hopffer, 1855
• Mycalesis evenus Hopffer, 1855
• Mycalesis injusta Wallengren, 1857
• Mycalesis caffra Wallengren, 1857
• Mycalesis safitza ab. semicoeca Strand, 1910
• Mycalesis aethiops f. velutina Ungemach, 1932

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Bicyclus safitza, the common bush brown or common savanna bush brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in all of Africa south of the Sahara. Its preferred habitat is forests and other well-wooded habitats.{{Cite book|title=Field Guide to Insects of South Africa|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoinse00grif|url-access=limited|last=Picker|first=Mike|last2=Griffiths|first2=Charles|last3=Weaving|first3=Alan|publisher=Struik Nature|year=2004|isbn=978-1-77007-061-5|location=Wembley Square, First Floor, Solan Road, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoinse00grif/page/n336 374]}}

The wingspan is 40–45 mm for males and 43–48 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Ehrharta erecta.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/bicyclus/index.html Bicyclus] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms