Bicyclus dorothea
Bicyclus dorothea, the light bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Central African Republic, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas and clearings in forests.
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The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum, Paspalum polystachium and Axonopus compressus.
Subspecies
- Bicyclus dorothea dorothea (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Bicyclus dorothea concolor Condamin & Fox, 1964 (Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé)
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- "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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