Bicyclus martius Fabricius 1793

Bicyclus martius (Fabricius)
Papilio martius Fabricius, 1793 [1793-1794], (1): 219 (No locality cited).
This species prefers forest, both primary and secondary, to open agricultural areas and is distributed from Sierra Leone to Uganda.
Liberia: Harbel, 2 $ , I, 1 $ , II, 2 S , III, 1 S , IV, 1 S, 1 2 , V,
Ganta, 1 <$ , 1 2 , VI, 2 $, 1 2, VII, 1 2, VIII (Fox); 1 6, X (Leland) ; Wanau Forest, 1 2 , I, 1 $ , 1 2 , II, 2 5,1 2 , III, 1 <J , V, 1 2 , VIII, 3 2 , X; Bomi Hills, 1 S , IV; Zorzor, 1 5,1 2 , XI; Fisabu, 1 2, XII; Yendamalahoun, 2 <5 , IV (Fox); Cape Palmas, 1 S , V (Naysmith); no data, 1 £ (Good); Touzon, 1 2 , IV (Condamin, 1951, asgolo).

Bicyclus martius, the black bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda. The habitat consists of lowland primary forests and secondary growth.

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum.