Bicyclus smithi
Species of butterfly
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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.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.
| Smith's bush brown | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1899)[1] | |
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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)