Bicyclus ephorus
| Common blue-banded bush brown | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. ephorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus ephorus | |
Bicyclus ephorus, the common blue-banded bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
B. ephorus differs from B. iccius only in having the eye-spots on the under surface small or punctiform.[3]
The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to fermented fruit.
The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium species.
Subspecies
- Bicyclus ephorus ephorus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria)
- Bicyclus ephorus bergeri Condamin, 1965 (Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
- ^ "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 2012-05-15.
- ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln
(The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
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