Bicyclus procora

Cinnamon bush brown
In Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. procora
Binomial name
Bicyclus procora
(Karsch, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis procora Karsch, 1893
  • Mycalesis benina Grünberg, 1911

Bicyclus procora, the cinnamon bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of deep forests of good quality.

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. This species is #678. The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.

References

  1. ↑ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
  3. ↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 80/81. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.