Bicyclus saussurei

Bicyclus saussurei
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the 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 the Congo, Zambia)
• Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Bicyclus saussurei camerunia (Strand, 1914) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon)

References

1. "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.