Bicyclus safitza
the Common Savannah Bush Brown
Andrew V. Z. BrowerIntroduction
A common West African species that exhibits marked seasonal polyphenism. Wet season form has a full band of eyespots on the hindwing, as shown above, while in the dry season, the butterflies are lighter and the eyespots are almost completely suppressed, except for the large one in cell Cu1 (Larsen, 2005).
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Scientific Name | Bicyclus safitza |
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Location | Nigeria: Port Harcourt |
Comments | ID corrected 1/13/10 - Motshagen had identified as B. technatis, but Brattstr?m noted error and AVZB corroborated his ID with Larsen (2005). |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Identified By | Oskar Brattstr?m |
Life Cycle Stage | adult |
View | ventral |
Copyright | © 2009 Dirk Motshagen |
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