Bicyclus sambulos, the tailed bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense primary forests.
| Tailed bush brown | |
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| Bicyclus sambulos unicolor, Ghana | |
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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. sambulos
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| Binomial name | |
| Bicyclus sambulos | |
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Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and sap oozing from trees.
Subspecies edit
- Bicyclus sambulos sambulos (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania)
- Bicyclus sambulos cyaneus Condamin, 1961 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Bicyclus sambulos unicolor Condamin, 1971 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
References edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Bicyclus sambulos.
- ^ "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.