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Bicyclus safitza (Westwood, 1850)

Subspecies

  • [Bicyclus] safitza safitza (Westwood, 1850)
    - delila (Fabricius, 1793)
    - eusiris (Hopffer, 1855)
    - evenus (Hopffer, 1855)
    - injusta (Wallengren, 1857)
    - caffra (Wallengren, 1857)
    - semicoeca (Strand, 1910)

Adult morphologyWingspan24
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)701
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)292
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
GUI:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
AFR:
Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated
AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Poaceae
    - Ehrharta

  • Poaceae
    - Ehrharta

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011