Bicyclus angulosa

Bicyclus angulosa, the startled bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Senegal to Cameroon, in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of dense savanna, including Brachystegia woodland.

Bicyclus angulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. angulosa
Binomial name
Bicyclus angulosa
(Butler, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis angulosa Butler, 1868
  • Bicyclus angulosus
  • Mycalesis houyi Gaede, 1915
  • Mycalesis langi Holland, 1920
  • Mycalesis chapini Holland, 1920
  • Mycalesis funebris orientis Ungemach, 1932
  • Mycalesis selousi Trimen, 1895
  • Mycalesis desolata selousi f. barnsi van Son, 1955
  • Mycalesis selousi f. simulans Overlaet, 1955

Both sexes are attracted by fermenting fruit. Adults of the wet-season form are on wing from December to May, while adults of the dry-season form are found from May to September.

Subspecies
  • Bicyclus angulosa angulosa (Senegal to Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Ethiopia)
  • Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895) (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, northern and north-eastern Zimbabwe)

References
  1. "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina


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