Bicyclus analis explained

Bicyclus analis, the anal-patch bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.[1]

Description

B. analis has a yellowish grey under surface with almost smooth or slightly undulate transverse lines; the hindwing beneath with distinct eye-spots in cellule 3 and the forewing also above with two light-pupilled eye-spots in cellules 2 and 5. male: wings above dark brown, the hindwing at the anal angle with a black velvety spot with grey reflection, divided by vein I b and in the basal part of cellule 1 c long-haired,beneath with 7 distinct eye-spots with yellow, brown and whitish rings, two in cellule 1 c and one each in cellules 2 — 6, the spot in cellule 2 somewhat larger than the others; the eye-spots are placed in an almost uniformly curved row. The female without white transverse band on the forewing. Cameroons and Congo district.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina . 2012-05-14 . 2014-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222070833/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_mycalesina.doc . dead .
  2. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.