Bicyclus anynana subsp. anynana anynana (Butler 1879
- 1. Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania; & Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK;
- 2. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK; & Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; & School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK
Description
Bicyclus anynana anynana (Butler, 1879)
Larsen 1996: pl. 29, fig. 419 i,ii. d ’ Abrera 1997: 217 (2 figs). SI: Figure 8a – d.
Forewing length: male 18.5 – 21 mm [mean (n = 6) 19.90 mm, SD = 0.310]; female 21 – 25.5 mm [mean (n = 6) 23.27 mm, SD = 1.015].
RecordsKielland (1990, p. 79) states that this butterfly is common in woodlands and forests from sea level up to 2000 m in all parts of Tanzania. Recorded by Cordeiro (1990, p. 29) from Lake Manyara National Park, where it was ‘ very common ’. Included here as a member of the lower slopes fauna on the basis of one male labelled ‘ Kilimanjaro ’, without further data or provenance, ex Rothschild Collection (BMNH), and Condamin ’ s (1973, p. 295, fig. 384) distribution map, which has a spot centred on southern Kilimanjaro. The nominate subspecies occurs in eastern Africa south from Kenya to the Transvaal and Natal, and the Comoro Islands. There are two further subspecies recognized, one from Uganda to northern Angola, the second on Socotra (Condamin 1973; Ackery et al. 1995, p. 288).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Bicyclus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- anynana (Butler
- Species
- anynana
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bicyclus anynana subsp. anynana (Butler, 1879 sec. Liseki & Vane-Wright, 2015
References
- Larsen TB. 1996. The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History. 2 nd ed. Oxford (UK): Oxford University Press.
- d ' Abrera B. 1997. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region (2 nd edn). Part I. Papilionidae, Pieridae, Acraeidae, Danaidae & Satyridae. Melbourne: Hill House.
- Kielland J. 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Melbourne: Hill House.
- Cordeiro NJ. 1990. A provisional, annotated checklist of the butterflies in Lake Manyara National Park, Arusha region, Tanzania. J East Afr Nat Hist Soc Natl Mus. 80: 25 - 41.
- Condamin M. 1973. Monographie du genre Bicyclus (Lepidoptera Satyridae). Mem Inst Fond Afr Noire. (88): 324 pp.
- Ackery PR, Smith CR, Vane-Wright RI, editors. 1995. Carcasson ' s African Butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne: CSIRO.