Bicyclus saussurei
Species of butterfly
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 | |
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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.[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)
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