Bicyclus milyas

Species of butterfly

Bicyclus milyas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. milyas
Binomial name
Bicyclus milyas
(Hewitson, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis milyas Hewitson, 1864
  • Mycalesis desolata Butler, 1876
  • Mycalesis leptoglena Karsch, 1893

Bicyclus milyas, the lesser rock bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Sierra Leone, northern Ivory Coast, northern Ghana, northern Togo, northern Benin, northern Nigeria, the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, northern Uganda, south-western Ethiopia and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica and Pennisetum purpureum.

References

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  1. ^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
Taxon identifiers
Bicyclus milyas
Mycalesis milyas


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