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Idiomorphus hewitsonii

Bicyclus hewitsonii
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana under various names
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species: B. hewitsonii
Binomial name
Bicyclus hewitsonii
(Doumet, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Idiomorphus hewitsoni Doumet, 1861
  • Idiomorphus nanodes Grose-Smith, 1890
  • Mycalesis bicolor Bartel, 1905
  • Mycalesis subocellatus Bartel, 1905
  • Mycalesis owassae Schultze, 1914
  • Mycalesis nanodes nyongensis Birket-Smith, 1960
  • Bicyclus hewitsoni

Bicyclus hewitsonii, the large blue-banded bush brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of dense primary forests.

Adults are often found feeding from fallen fruit.



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