Bicyclus smithi

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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. smithi
Binomial name
Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
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

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

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 2012-05-16.