''Bicyclus'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
from the subfamily
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. The species are found in the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
.
Species
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Bicyclus abnormis''
(Dudgeon, 1909)
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Bicyclus albocincta''
(Rebel, 1914)
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Bicyclus alboplaga''
(Rebel, 1914)
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Bicyclus amieti''
Libert, 1996
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Bicyclus analis''
(Aurivillius, 1895)
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Bicyclus angulosa
''Bicyclus angulosa'', the startled bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Senegal to Cameroon, in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Tanzani ...
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(Butler, 1868)
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Bicyclus anisops''
(Karsch, 1892)
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Bicyclus anynana
''Bicyclus anynana'' (squinting bush brown) is a small brown butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, the most globally diverse family of butterflies. It is primarily found in eastern Africa from southern Sudan to Swaziland, Eswatini.[Bicyclus auricruda
''Bicyclus auricruda'', the small marbled bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republi ...]
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(Butler, 1868)
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Bicyclus aurivillii
''Bicyclus aurivillii'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili langu ...
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(Butler, 896
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Year 896 ( DCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* February – King Arnulf of Carinthia invades Italy at the head of an East F ...
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Bicyclus brakefieldi''
Brattstrom, 2012
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Bicyclus buea''
(Strand, 1912)
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Bicyclus campina
''Bicyclus campina'', the Chirinda bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Semuliki National Park, western Uganda,Forbes, S. (2018). The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidia) of Semuliki National Park, western Uga ...
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(Aurivillius, 1901)
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Bicyclus campus
''Bicyclus campus'', the hill bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, northern Cameroon, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, ...
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(Karsch, 1893)
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Bicyclus condamini
''Bicyclus condamini'', the ebony bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the ...
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van Son, 1963
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Bicyclus cooksoni
''Bicyclus cooksoni'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1905. It is found in northern Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern and western Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The habitat consi ...
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(Druce, 1905)
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Bicyclus cottrelli
''Bicyclus cottrelli'', the yellow-banded bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and northern Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Repub ...
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(van Son, 1952)
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Bicyclus danckelmani
''Bicyclus danckelmani'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the ...
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(Rogenhofer, 1891)
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Bicyclus dekeyseri
''Bicyclus dekeyseri'', the western scalloped bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in We ...
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(Condamin, 1958)
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Bicyclus dentata
''Bicyclus dentata'', the dentate bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western and central Kenya, western Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic o ...
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(Sharpe, 1898)
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Bicyclus dorothea
''Bicyclus dorothea'', the light bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Cent ...
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(Cramer, 779
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Bicyclus dubia
''Bicyclus dubia'', the dubious scalloped bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzan ...
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(Aurivillius, 1893)
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Bicyclus elishiae
''Bicyclus elishiae'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Gabon, south‐eastern Cameroon and the south‐western parts of the Republic of Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ...
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Brattstrom, 2015
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Bicyclus ena
''Bicyclus ena'', the grizzled bush brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal to Eswatini, Mpumalanga, from Zimbabwe to Kenya and in Uganda.
The wingspan is 38–42 mm for males and 43–48 mm for ...
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(Hewitson, 1877)
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Bicyclus ephorus''
Weymer, 1892
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Bicyclus evadne''
(Cramer, 779
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Year 779 ( DCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 779 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Euro ...
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Bicyclus feae''
(Aurivillius, 1910)
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Bicyclus funebris''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
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Bicyclus golo''
(Aurivillius, 1893)
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Bicyclus graueri''
(Rebel, 1914)
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Bicyclus heathi''
Brattstrom, 2015
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Bicyclus hewitsonii''
(Doumet, 1861)
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Bicyclus howarthi''
Condamin, 1963
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Bicyclus hyperanthus''
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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Bicyclus iccius''
(Hewitson, 865
__NOTOC__
Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. Ca ...
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Bicyclus ignobilis''
(Butler, 1870)
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Bicyclus istaris''
(Plötz, 1880)
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Bicyclus italus''
(Hewitson, 1865)
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Bicyclus jefferyi
''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
...
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Fox, 1963
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Bicyclus kenia''
(Rogenhofer, 1891)
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Bicyclus kiellandi''
Condamin, 1986
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Bicyclus lamani''
(Aurivillius, 1900)
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Bicyclus makomensis''
(Strand, 1913)
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Bicyclus madetes''
(Hewitson, 1874)
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Bicyclus maesseni''
Condamin, 1970
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Bicyclus mahale''
Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
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Bicyclus mandanes''
(Hewitson, 1873)
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Bicyclus martius''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Bicyclus matuta''
(Karsch, 1894)
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Bicyclus medontias''
(Hewitson, 872
Year 872 ( DCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Sancho III Mitarra (or ''Menditarra'') becomes the founder and first 'king' of the indepe ...
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Bicyclus mesogena''
(Karsch, 1894)
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Bicyclus milyas''
(Hewitson, 1864)
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Bicyclus mollitia''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Bicyclus moyses
''Bicyclus moyses'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in various parts of Africa, most commonly in Cameroon.
Description
The morphology of ''Bicyclus moyses'' is similar to that of ''Bicyclus dorothea'' and '' Bicyclus jeffer ...
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Condamin & Fox, 1964
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Bicyclus nachtetis''
Condamin, 1965
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Bicyclus neustetteri''
(Rebel, 1914)
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Bicyclus nobilis''
(Aurivillius, 1893)
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Bicyclus pareensis''
Collins & Kielland, 2008
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Bicyclus pavonis''
(Butler, 1876)
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Bicyclus persimilis''
(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
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Bicyclus procora''
(Karsch, 1893)
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Bicyclus rhacotis''
(Hewitson, 866
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Bicyclus rileyi''
Condamin, 1961
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Bicyclus safitza''
(Westwood, 850
''For codepage, see CP850.''
__NOTOC__
Year 850 (Roman numerals, DCCCL) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* February 1 – King Ramiro I of A ...
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Bicyclus sambulos''
(Hewitson, 877
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Bicyclus sandace''
(Hewitson, 1877)
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Bicyclus sangmelinae''
Condamin, 1963
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Bicyclus saussurei''
(Dewitz, 1879)
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Bicyclus sciathis''
(Hewitson, 866
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Bicyclus sealeae''
Collins & Larsen, 2008
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Bicyclus sebetus''
(Hewitson, 1877)
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Bicyclus sigiussidorum''
Brattstrom, 2015
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Bicyclus similis''
Condamin, 1963
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Bicyclus simulacris''
Kielland, 1990
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Bicyclus smithi''
(Aurivillius, 1928)
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Bicyclus sophrosyne''
(Plötz, 1880)
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Bicyclus subtilisurae''
Brattstrom, 2015
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Bicyclus suffusa''
(Riley, 1921)
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Bicyclus sweadneri''
Fox, 1963
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Bicyclus sylvicolus''
Condamin, 1961
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Bicyclus taenias''
(Hewitson, 1877)
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Bicyclus tanzanicus''
Condamin, 1986
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Bicyclus technatis''
(Hewitson, 1877)
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Bicyclus trilophus''
(Rebel, 1914)
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Bicyclus uniformis''
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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Bicyclus uzungwensis''
Kielland, 1990
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Bicyclus vansoni''
Condamin, 1965
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Bicyclus vulgaris''
(Butler, 1868)
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Bicyclus xeneas''
(Hewitson, 866
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Bicyclus xeneoides''
Condamin, 1961
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Bicyclus zinebi''
(Butler, 1869)
External links
"''Bicyclus'' Kirby, 1871"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Elymniini
Butterfly genera
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