Bicyclus funebris

Bicyclus funebris, the funereal bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests, but extends to wet forests and dense savanna. It is also found in heavy woodland.

Bicyclus funebris
In Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Bicyclus
Species:
B. funebris
Binomial name
Bicyclus funebris
Synonyms
  • Satyris funebris Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Mycalesis nebulosa Felder and Felder, 1867
  • Mycalesis saga Butler, 1868
  • Mycalesis agraphis Karsch, 1893
  • Mycalesis rhanidostroma Karsch, 1893
  • Mycalesis (Monotrichtis) funebris f. agraphides Strand, 1912

The larvae feed on Setaria barbata, Digitaria seminuda and Imperata cylindrica.

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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