Bicyclus smithi

Smith's bush brown
	Figures 7 and 8
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. smithi
Binomial name
	Bicyclus smithi; (Aurivillius, 1899)
Synonyms
	Mycalesis smithi Aurivillius, 1899 ; Mycalesis ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898 ; Mycalesis nandina Ansorge, 1899 ; Mycalesis obscura Aurivillius, 1901 ; Mycalesis campides Strand, 1912 ; Mycalesis fernandina Schultze, 1914 ; Bicyclus smithi poensis Condamin, 1963 ;

Bicyclus smithi, or Smith's bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Adults are attracted to fermenting bananas.

Subspecies[edit]

Bicyclus smithi smithi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
Bicyclus smithi eurypterus Condamin, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Bicyclus smithi fernandina (Schultze, 1914) (Bioko)

^ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-16.

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