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Bicyclus jefferyi

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Species of butterfly

Jeffrey's bush brown
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species: B. jefferyi
Binomial name
Bicyclus jefferyi
Fox, 1963
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis miriam f. punctifera Strand, 1909
  • Mycalesis miriam miriam ab. addenda Dufrane, 1945

Bicyclus jefferyi, or Jeffrey's bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Tanzania, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley) and northern Zambia. The habitat consists of meadows or clearings inside or near semi-montane forests.

References

  1. "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
Taxon identifiers
Bicyclus jefferyi


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