Bicyclus trilophus, the tufted bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Bicyclus trilophus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. trilophus
Binomial name
Bicyclus trilophus
(Rebel, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis trilophus Rebel, 1914
  • Mycalesis schoutedeni Overlaet, 1954

Subspecies

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  • Bicyclus trilophus trilophus (Cameroon (east of mountains), Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)
  • Bicyclus trilophus jacksoni Condamin, 1961 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)

References

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  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 2012-05-16.