Bicyclus saussurei

Bicyclus saussurei
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. saussurei
Binomial name
Bicyclus saussurei (Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
Mycalesis saussurei Dewitz, 1879 Mycalesis saussurei var. camerunia Strand, 1914

Bicyclus saussurei, the White-banded Bush Brown or Saussure’s Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of dense sub-montane forests.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

• Bicyclus saussurei saussurei (highlands of Angola, southern and central Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia)
• Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Bicyclus saussurei camerunia (Strand, 1914) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon)

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