Chirinda bush brown | |
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B. c. campina in Chirinda Forest | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bicyclus |
Species: | B. campina
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Binomial name | |
Bicyclus campina (
Aurivillius, 1901)
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Synonyms | |
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Bicyclus campina, the Chirinda bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Semuliki National Park, western Uganda, [2] Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. [3] The habitat consists of dense savanna and open forests.
Adults are on wing year round. There are well-defined seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
Chirinda bush brown | |
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B. c. campina in Chirinda Forest | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Bicyclus |
Species: | B. campina
|
Binomial name | |
Bicyclus campina (
Aurivillius, 1901)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Bicyclus campina, the Chirinda bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Semuliki National Park, western Uganda, [2] Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. [3] The habitat consists of dense savanna and open forests.
Adults are on wing year round. There are well-defined seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.