Bicyclus zinebi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. zinebi
Binomial name
Bicyclus zinebi
(Butler, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Idiomorphus zinebi Butler, 1869

Bicyclus zinebi, the western large bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests (especially drier forests).

The larvae feed on Afromomum latifolium.

References

  1. โ†‘ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. โ†‘ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E โ€“ Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-16.


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