Bicyclus saussurei Dewitz 1879

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)

References

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Bicyclus saussurei is een vlinder uit de onderfamilie Satyrinae van de familie Nymphalidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1879 door Herman Dewitz.