Bicyclus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Mycalesina
Genus: Bicyclus
Species: B. abnormis – B. albocincta – B. alboplagus – B. amieti – B. analis – B. angulosus – B. anisops – B. anynana – B. auricruda – B. aurivillii – B. brakefieldi – B. buea – B. campinus – B. campus – B. condamini – B. cooksoni – B. cottrelli – B. danckelmani – B. dekeyseri – B. dentatus – B. dorothea – B. dubius – B. ena – B. ephorus – B. evadne – B. ewondo – B. feae – B. funebris – B. golo – B. graueri – B. hewitsonii – B. howarthi – B. hyperanthus – B. iccius – B. ignobilis – B. istaris – B. italus – B. jefferyi – B. kenia – B. kiellandi – B. lamani – B. madetes – B. maesseni – B. mahale – B. mandanes – B. matuta – B. medontias – B. mesogena – B. milyas – B. mollitia – B. moyses – B. nachtetis – B. neustetteri – B. nobilis – B. ottossoni – B. pareensis – B. pavonis – B. persimilis – B. procorus – B. rhacotis – B. rileyi – B. safitza – B. sambulos – B. sanaos – B. sandace – B. sangmelinae – B. saussurei – B. sciathis – B. sealeae – B. sebetus – B. similis – B. simulacris – B. smithi – B. sophrosyne – B. suffusus – B. sweadneri – B. sylvicolus – B. taenias – B. tanzanicus – B. technatis – B. trilophus – B. uniformis – B. uzungwensis – B. vandeweghei – B. vansoni – B. vulgaris – B. xeneas – B. xeneoides – B. zinebi
Name

Bicyclus Kirby, 1871

Type species: Idiomorphus hewitsonii Doumet, 1861
References

Brattström, O., Aduse-Poku, K., Collins, S.C. & Brakefield, P.M. 2015. Revision of the Bicyclus ignobilis species-group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4018(1): 57–79. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.3. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Collins, S.C.; Larsen, T.B. 2008: Eighteen new species, five new subspecies, and interesting data on other African butterflies – Fourth ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis, 19(2): 42–113. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.
Fox, R.M. 1963: New African butterflies. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 36: 213–224. Reference page.
Libert, M., 1996a. New Bicyclus from Cameroon (Lepidoptera, Satyridae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 101(2): 201–208. Reference page.

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Bosbruintjies
English: Bush browns

Bicyclus is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The species are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Bicyclus abnormis (Dudgeon, 1909)
Bicyclus albocincta (Rebel, 1914)
Bicyclus alboplaga (Rebel, 1914)
Bicyclus amieti Libert, 1996
Bicyclus analis (Aurivillius, 1895)
Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)
Bicyclus anisops (Karsch, 1892)
Bicyclus anynana (Butler, 1879)
Bicyclus auricruda (Butler, 1868)
Bicyclus aurivillii (Butler, [1896])
Bicyclus brakefieldi Brattstrom, 2012
Bicyclus buea (Strand, 1912)
Bicyclus campina (Aurivillius, 1901)
Bicyclus campus (Karsch, 1893)
Bicyclus condamini van Son, 1963
Bicyclus cooksoni (Druce, 1905)
Bicyclus cottrelli (van Son, 1952)
Bicyclus danckelmani (Rogenhofer, 1891)
Bicyclus dekeyseri (Condamin, 1958)
Bicyclus dentata (Sharpe, 1898)
Bicyclus dorothea (Cramer, [1779])
Bicyclus dubia (Aurivillius, 1893)
Bicyclus elishiae Brattstrom, 2015
Bicyclus ena (Hewitson, 1877)
Bicyclus ephorus Weymer, 1892
Bicyclus evadne (Cramer, [1779])
Bicyclus feae (Aurivillius, 1910)
Bicyclus funebris (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Bicyclus golo (Aurivillius, 1893)
Bicyclus graueri (Rebel, 1914)
Bicyclus heathi Brattstrom, 2015
Bicyclus hewitsonii (Doumet, 1861)
Bicyclus howarthi Condamin, 1963
Bicyclus hyperanthus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Bicyclus iccius (Hewitson, [1865])
Bicyclus ignobilis (Butler, 1870)
Bicyclus istaris (Plötz, 1880)
Bicyclus italus (Hewitson, 1865)
Bicyclus jefferyi Fox, 1963
Bicyclus kenia (Rogenhofer, 1891)
Bicyclus kiellandi Condamin, 1986
Bicyclus lamani (Aurivillius, 1900)
Bicyclus makomensis (Strand, 1913)
Bicyclus madetes (Hewitson, 1874)
Bicyclus maesseni Condamin, 1970
Bicyclus mahale Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
Bicyclus mandanes (Hewitson, 1873)
Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793)
Bicyclus matuta (Karsch, 1894)
Bicyclus medontias (Hewitson, [1872])
Bicyclus mesogena (Karsch, 1894)
Bicyclus milyas (Hewitson, 1864)
Bicyclus mollitia (Karsch, 1895)
Bicyclus moyses Condamin & Fox, 1964
Bicyclus nachtetis Condamin, 1965
Bicyclus neustetteri (Rebel, 1914)
Bicyclus nobilis (Aurivillius, 1893)
Bicyclus pareensis Collins & Kielland, 2008
Bicyclus pavonis (Butler, 1876)
Bicyclus persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Bicyclus procora (Karsch, 1893)
Bicyclus rhacotis (Hewitson, [1866])
Bicyclus rileyi Condamin, 1961
Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, [1850])
Bicyclus sambulos (Hewitson, [1877])
Bicyclus sandace (Hewitson, 1877)
Bicyclus sangmelinae Condamin, 1963
Bicyclus saussurei (Dewitz, 1879)
Bicyclus sciathis (Hewitson, [1866])
Bicyclus sealeae Collins & Larsen, 2008
Bicyclus sebetus (Hewitson, 1877)
Bicyclus sigiussidorum Brattstrom, 2015
Bicyclus similis Condamin, 1963
Bicyclus simulacris Kielland, 1990
Bicyclus smithi (Aurivillius, 1928)
Bicyclus sophrosyne (Plötz, 1880)
Bicyclus subtilisurae Brattstrom, 2015
Bicyclus suffusa (Riley, 1921)
Bicyclus sweadneri Fox, 1963
Bicyclus sylvicolus Condamin, 1961
Bicyclus taenias (Hewitson, 1877)
Bicyclus tanzanicus Condamin, 1986
Bicyclus technatis (Hewitson, 1877)
Bicyclus trilophus (Rebel, 1914)
Bicyclus uniformis (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Bicyclus uzungwensis Kielland, 1990
Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965
Bicyclus vulgaris (Butler, 1868)
Bicyclus xeneas (Hewitson, [1866])
Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961
Bicyclus zinebi (Butler, 1869)

External links

"Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms