Bicyclus sigiussidorum

Bicyclus sigiussidorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. sigiussidorum
Binomial name
	Bicyclus sigiussidorum; Brattström et al., 2015

Bicyclus sigiussidorum is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and north‐western Gabon. The holotype forewing length is 23 mm.[1]

Etymology

Because of its glamorous appearance, the species was named for Ziggy Stardust, a character created by English musician David Bowie.[1] Sigiussidorum is a Latin rendering of "Ziggy Stardust".[2]

References

Brattström, Oskar; Aduse-Poku, Kwaku; Collins, Steve C.; Di Micco De Santo, Teresa; Brakefield, Paul M. (2016). "Revision of theBicyclus sciathisspecies group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with descriptions of four new species and corrected distributional records". Systematic Entomology. 41 (1): 207–228. doi:10.1111/syen.12150. ISSN 0307-6970. PMC 4810357.
Pegg, Nicholas (2016). "Aprocrypha and Miscellany". The Complete David Bowie (7th ed.). London: Titan Books. ISBN 978-1-78565-365-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[BrattströmAduse-Poku2016-1] Brattström, Oskar; Aduse-Poku, Kwaku; Collins, Steve C.; Di Micco De Santo, Teresa; Brakefield, Paul M. (2016). "Revision of theBicyclus sciathisspecies group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with descriptions of four new species and corrected distributional records". Systematic Entomology. 41 (1): 207–228. doi:10.1111/syen.12150. ISSN 0307-6970. PMC 4810357.

[2] Pegg, Nicholas (2016). "Aprocrypha and Miscellany". The Complete David Bowie (7th ed.). London: Titan Books. ISBN 978-1-78565-365-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)