Bicyclus
Encyclopedia
Bicyclus is a butterfly
genus
from the subfamily Satyrinae
in the family Nymphalidae
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Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
from the subfamily Satyrinae
Satyrinae
Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...
in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
- Bicyclus abnormis (Dudgeon, 1909)
- Bicyclus albocincta (Rebel, 1914)
- Bicyclus alboplaga (Rebel, 1914)
- Bicyclus amieti Libert, 1996
- Bicyclus analis (Aurivillius, 1895)
- Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
- Bicyclus anisops (Karsch, 1892)
- Bicyclus anynanaBicyclus anynanaThe Squinting Bush Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, from Swaziland to Ethiopia, southern Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire, the Comoros and Socotra....
(Butler, 1879) - Bicyclus auricruda (Butler, 1868)
- Bicyclus aurivillii (Butler, [1896])
- Bicyclus buea (Strand, 1912)
- Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901)
- Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
- Bicyclus condamini van Son, 1963
- Bicyclus cooksoni (Druce, 1905)
- Bicyclus cottrelli (van Son, 1952)
- Bicyclus danckelmani (Rogenhofer, 1891)
- Bicyclus dekeyseri (Condamin, 1958)
- Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
- Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, [1779])
- Bicyclus dubia (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Bicyclus enaBicyclus enaThe Grizzled Bush Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Zululand to Swaziland, Mpumalanga, from Zimbabwe to Kenya and in Uganda ....
(Hewitson, 1877) - Bicyclus ephorus Weymer, 1892
- Bicyclus evadne (Cramer, [1779])
- Bicyclus ewondo Libert, 1996
- Bicyclus feae (Aurivillius, 1910)
- Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
- Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Bicyclus graueri (Rebel, 1914)
- Bicyclus hewitsonii (Doumet, 1861)
- Bicyclus howarthi Condamin, 1963
- Bicyclus hyperanthus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Bicyclus iccius (Hewitson, [1865])
- Bicyclus ignobilis (Butler, 1870)
- Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
- Bicyclus italus (Hewitson, 1865)
- Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
- Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
- Bicyclus kiellandi Condamin, 1986
- Bicyclus lamani (Aurivillius, 1900)
- Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)
- Bicyclus maesseni Condamin, 1970
- Bicyclus mahale Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
- Bicyclus mandanes (Hewitson, 1873)
- Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793)
- Bicyclus matuta (Karsch, 1894)
- Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, [1872])
- Bicyclus mesogena (Karsch, 1894)
- Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
- Bicyclus mollitia (Karsch, 1895)
- Bicyclus moyses Condamin & Fox, 1964
- Bicyclus nachtetis Condamin, 1965
- Bicyclus neustetteri (Rebel, 1914)
- Bicyclus nobilis (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
- Bicyclus persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
- Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
- Bicyclus rhacotis (Hewitson, [1866])
- Bicyclus rileyi Condamin, 1961
- Bicyclus safitzaBicyclus safitzaThe Common Bush Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in all of Africa, south of the Sahara.The wingspan is 40–45 mm for males and 43-48 for females...
(Westwood, [1850]) - Bicyclus sambulos (Hewitson, [1877])
- Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
- Bicyclus sangmelinae Condamin, 1963
- Bicyclus saussurei (Dewitz, 1879)
- Bicyclus sciathis (Hewitson, [1866])
- Bicyclus sebetus (Hewitson, 1877)
- Bicyclus similis Condamin, 1963
- Bicyclus simulacris Kielland, 1990
- Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1928)
- Bicyclus sophrosyne (Plötz, 1880)
- Bicyclus suffusa (Riley, 1921)
- Bicyclus sweadneri Fox, 1963
- Bicyclus sylvicolus Condamin, 1961
- Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
- Bicyclus tanzanicus Condamin, 1986
- Bicyclus technatis (Hewitson, 1877)
- Bicyclus trilophus (Rebel, 1914)
- Bicyclus uniformis (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Bicyclus uzungwensis Kielland, 1990
- Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965
- Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
- Bicyclus xeneas (Hewitson, [1866])
- Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961
- Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)