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Post by cabintom on Dec 26, 2014 23:48:13 GMT
I have several species of Bicyclus that I have not been able to identify... can anyone point me to a good revision (or something similar) that would help me with this genus? I caught this 5/VII/2014 in Nebobongo, Haut-Uele, DRC in a very swampy patch of forest.  Perhaps... B. hyperanthus
B. procora
B. uniformis
or something else. I'm really not certain.
Thanks is advance! Tom |
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Post by mygos on Dec 27, 2014 9:29:30 GMT
There was a monograph in french by Michel Condamin but I think it was published in 1968 (I am away from home), and therefore prbbably out of date. Then the second edition of d'Abrera is probably useful !
A+, Michel
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Post by mygos on Dec 28, 2014 16:36:17 GMT
Tom,
Back home now, so I can tell Condamin "Monographie du genre Bicyclus" was published in 1973 !
I checked in d'Abrera, second edition, part I, and found your specimen is probably Bicyclus milyas Hewitson that flies from Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and northern Uganda.
A+, Michel
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Post by cabintom on Dec 29, 2014 0:08:27 GMT
Tom, Back home now, so I can tell Condamin "Monographie du genre Bicyclus" was published in 1973 ! I checked in d'Abrera, second edition, part I, and found your specimen is probably Bicyclus milyas Hewitson that flies from Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and northern Uganda. A+, Michel Merci beaucoup Michel! EDIT: I just reviewed Mark Williams Afrotropical Butterflies online encyclopedia (found at , it states that B. milyas is found in dry savanna. So, now I'm not certain this is the correct species, since I caught the specimen in a very wet patch of forest... did you noticed any other similar species? |
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Post by mygos on Dec 29, 2014 7:08:36 GMT
No Tom, B. Milyas was the only one close to yours. I checked with the 3 specied you mentioned, but none correspond ! The problem in d'Abrera is that not all specied are represented with male and females both recto and verso ? I sent an email to Steve as we will get the right identification much quicker  A+, Michel |
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Post by mygos on Dec 29, 2014 7:18:36 GMT
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Post by mygos on Dec 29, 2014 7:23:57 GMT
Steve identification : female Bicyclus uniformis !
A+, Michel
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Post by cabintom on Dec 29, 2014 13:39:13 GMT
 Wow, thank you! Thanks Steve for me too please! (And, yes the number of Bicyclus species in DRC is amazing... I still have another 10 or so species to identify.  ) Can we give Michel some kind of award for going out of his way to find an ID for this? |
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Post by mygos on Dec 29, 2014 14:08:07 GMT
No award Tom ! I am always pleased to help on african butterflies if I can. When pictures and datas are as acurrate as yours, it is a pleasure to work on them, but Steve in this case has done the most  A+, Michel |
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Wow, thank you! Thanks Steve for me too please!
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