Bicyclus saussurei
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.
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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)
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- "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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