Bicyclus analis
Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bicyclus analis, the anal-patch bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.[2]
| Anal-patch bush brown | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. analis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus analis (Aurivillius, 1895)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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B. analis has a yellowish grey under surface with almost smooth or slightly undulate transverse lines; the hindwing beneath with distinct eye-spots in cellule 3 and the forewing also above with two light-pupilled eye-spots in cellules 2 and 5. male: wings above dark brown, the hindwing at the anal angle with a black velvety spot with grey reflection, divided by vein I b and in the basal part of cellule 1 c long-haired,beneath with 7 distinct eye-spots with yellow, brown and whitish rings, two in cellule 1 c and one each in cellules 2 — 6, the spot in cellule 2 somewhat larger than the others; the eye-spots are placed in an almost uniformly curved row. The female without white transverse band on the forewing. Cameroons and Congo district.[3]
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