Bicyclus smithi

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| name= Smith's bush brown

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| taxon = Bicyclus smithi

| authority = (Aurivillius, 1899)[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/bicyclus/ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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|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

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Bicyclus smithi, or Smith's bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_mycalesina.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina |access-date=2012-05-16 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222070833/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_mycalesina.doc |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Adults are attracted to fermenting bananas.

Subspecies

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

References