Bicyclus saussurei

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| taxon = Bicyclus saussurei

| authority = (Dewitz, 1879)[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/bicyclus/ "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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  • Mycalesis saussurei Dewitz, 1879
  • Mycalesis saussurei var. camerunia Strand, 1914

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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.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_mycalesina.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina |access-date=2012-05-15 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222070833/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_mycalesina.doc |url-status=dead }} 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)

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Category:Elymniini

Category:Butterflies described in 1879

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz

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