''Bicyclus'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

from the subfamily

Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...

. The species are found in the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

Species

*'' Bicyclus abnormis'' (Dudgeon, 1909) *'' Bicyclus albocincta'' (Rebel, 1914) *'' Bicyclus alboplaga'' (Rebel, 1914) *'' Bicyclus amieti'' Libert, 1996 *'' Bicyclus analis'' (Aurivillius, 1895) *'' Bicyclus angulosa'' (Butler, 1868) *'' Bicyclus anisops'' (Karsch, 1892) *''

Bicyclus anynana ''Bicyclus anynana'' (squinting bush brown) is a small brown butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, the most globally diverse family of butterflies. It is primarily found in eastern Africa from southern Sudan to Swaziland, Eswatini.Bicyclus auricruda'' (Butler, 1868) *'' Bicyclus aurivillii'' (Butler,

896 __NOTOC__ Year 896 ( DCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * February – King Arnulf of Carinthia invades Italy at the head of an East Frankish expeditionary army. He storms ...

*'' Bicyclus brakefieldi'' Brattstrom, 2012 *'' Bicyclus buea'' (Strand, 1912) *'' Bicyclus campina'' (Aurivillius, 1901) *'' Bicyclus campus'' (Karsch, 1893) *'' Bicyclus condamini'' van Son, 1963 *'' Bicyclus cooksoni'' (Druce, 1905) *'' Bicyclus cottrelli'' (van Son, 1952) *'' Bicyclus danckelmani'' (Rogenhofer, 1891) *'' Bicyclus dekeyseri'' (Condamin, 1958) *'' Bicyclus dentata'' (Sharpe, 1898) *'' Bicyclus dorothea'' (Cramer,

779 __NOTOC__ Year 779 ( DCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 779 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europ ...

*'' Bicyclus dubia'' (Aurivillius, 1893) *'' Bicyclus elishiae'' Brattstrom, 2015 *'' Bicyclus ena'' (Hewitson, 1877) *'' Bicyclus ephorus'' Weymer, 1892 *'' Bicyclus evadne'' (Cramer,

*'' Bicyclus feae'' (Aurivillius, 1910) *'' Bicyclus funebris'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) *'' Bicyclus golo'' (Aurivillius, 1893) *'' Bicyclus graueri'' (Rebel, 1914) *'' Bicyclus heathi'' Brattstrom, 2015 *'' Bicyclus hewitsonii'' (Doumet, 1861) *'' Bicyclus howarthi'' Condamin, 1963 *'' Bicyclus hyperanthus'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) *'' Bicyclus iccius'' (Hewitson,

865 __NOTOC__ Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. Carloman receives Bavaria (with more l ...

*'' Bicyclus ignobilis'' (Butler, 1870) *'' Bicyclus istaris'' (Plötz, 1880) *'' Bicyclus italus'' (Hewitson, 1865) *'' Bicyclus jefferyi'' Fox, 1963 *'' Bicyclus kenia'' (Rogenhofer, 1891) *'' Bicyclus kiellandi'' Condamin, 1986 *'' Bicyclus lamani'' (Aurivillius, 1900) *'' Bicyclus larseni'' *'' Bicyclus makomensis'' (Strand, 1913) *'' Bicyclus madetes'' (Hewitson, 1874) *'' Bicyclus maesseni'' Condamin, 1970 *'' Bicyclus mahale'' Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 *'' Bicyclus mandanes'' (Hewitson, 1873) *'' Bicyclus martius'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Bicyclus matuta'' (Karsch, 1894) *'' Bicyclus medontias'' (Hewitson, 872 *'' Bicyclus mesogena'' (Karsch, 1894) *'' Bicyclus milyas'' (Hewitson, 1864) *'' Bicyclus mollitia'' (Karsch, 1895) *'' Bicyclus moyses'' Condamin & Fox, 1964 *'' Bicyclus nachtetis'' Condamin, 1965 *'' Bicyclus neustetteri'' (Rebel, 1914) *'' Bicyclus nobilis'' (Aurivillius, 1893) *'' Bicyclus pareensis'' Collins & Kielland, 2008 *'' Bicyclus pavonis'' (Butler, 1876) *'' Bicyclus persimilis'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) *'' Bicyclus procora'' (Karsch, 1893) *'' Bicyclus rhacotis'' (Hewitson,

866 __NOTOC__ Year 866 ( DCCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * April 21 – Bardas, the regent of the Byzantine Empire, is murdered by Basil the Macedonian at Miletu ...

*'' Bicyclus rileyi'' Condamin, 1961 *'' Bicyclus safitza'' (Westwood,

850 __NOTOC__ Year 850 ( DCCCL) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * February 1 – King Ramiro I dies in his palace at Santa María del Naranco (near Oviedo), after an 8-year reign ...

*'' Bicyclus sambulos'' (Hewitson,

877 __NOTOC__ Year 877 ( DCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – King Charles II ("the Bald") sets out for Italy, accompanied by his wife Richilde and a number ...

*'' Bicyclus sandace'' (Hewitson, 1877) *'' Bicyclus sangmelinae'' Condamin, 1963 *'' Bicyclus saussurei'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Bicyclus sciathis'' (Hewitson,

*'' Bicyclus sealeae'' Collins & Larsen, 2008 *'' Bicyclus sebetus'' (Hewitson, 1877) *'' Bicyclus sigiussidorum'' Brattstrom, 2015 *'' Bicyclus similis'' Condamin, 1963 *'' Bicyclus simulacris'' Kielland, 1990 *'' Bicyclus smithi'' (Aurivillius, 1928) *'' Bicyclus sophrosyne'' (Plötz, 1880) *'' Bicyclus subtilisurae'' Brattstrom, 2015 *'' Bicyclus suffusa'' (Riley, 1921) *'' Bicyclus sweadneri'' Fox, 1963 *'' Bicyclus sylvicolus'' Condamin, 1961 *'' Bicyclus taenias'' (Hewitson, 1877) *'' Bicyclus tanzanicus'' Condamin, 1986 *'' Bicyclus technatis'' (Hewitson, 1877) *'' Bicyclus trilophus'' (Rebel, 1914) *'' Bicyclus uniformis'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) *'' Bicyclus uzungwensis'' Kielland, 1990 *'' Bicyclus vansoni'' Condamin, 1965 *'' Bicyclus vulgaris'' (Butler, 1868) *'' Bicyclus xeneas'' (Hewitson,

*'' Bicyclus xeneoides'' Condamin, 1961 *'' Bicyclus zinebi'' (Butler, 1869)

External links

"''Bicyclus'' Kirby, 1871"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Elymniini Butterfly genera Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby {{Bicyclus-stub