Bicyclus madetes explained

Bicyclus madetes, the brown-spot bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] The habitat consists of forests, including severely degraded forests.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

• Bicyclus madetes madetes (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, western Cameroon, Gabon)
• Bicyclus madetes carola d'Abrera, 1980 (Cameroon: west of the mountains, Democratic Republic of the Congo: the Kasai)

Variations in spot patterns

B. m. madetes in Ghana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina . 2012-05-15 . 2014-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222070833/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_mycalesina.doc . dead .