Bicyclus saussurei

Bicyclus saussurei
	Figure 9
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. saussurei
Binomial name
	Bicyclus saussurei; (Dewitz, 1879)
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)

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

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