Bicyclus angulosa

Startled bush brown
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. angulosa
Binomial name
Bicyclus angulosa (Butler, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
Mycalesis angulosa Butler, 1868 Bicyclus angulosus Mycalesis houyi Gaede, 1915 Mycalesis langi Holland, 1920 Mycalesis chapini Holland, 1920 Mycalesis funebris orientis Ungemach, 1932 Mycalesis selousi Trimen, 1895 Mycalesis desolata selousi f. barnsi van Son, 1955 Mycalesis selousi f. simulans Overlaet, 1955

Bicyclus angulosa, the startled bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Senegal to Cameroon, in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of dense savanna, including Brachystegia woodland.^[3][4]

Both sexes are attracted by fermenting fruit. Adults of the wet-season form are on wing from December to May, while adults of the dry-season form are found from May to September.

Subspecies

• Bicyclus angulosa angulosa (Senegal to Cameroon, Central African Republic, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Ethiopia)
• Bicyclus angulosa selousi (Trimen, 1895) (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, northern and north-eastern Zimbabwe)

References

1. "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
3. "Bicyclus angulosa Butler, 1868". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
4. "Bicyclus angulosa Butler 1868 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-02-02.