Bicyclus saussurei
| Bicyclus saussurei | |
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| 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)[1] | |
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Bicyclus saussurei, the White-banded Bush Brown or Saussure’s Bush Brown, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of 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 Congo, Zambia)
- Bicyclus saussurei angustus Condamin, 1970 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Bicyclus saussurei camerunia (Strand, 1914) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon)
References
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- ↑ Bicyclus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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