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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Bicyclus |
| Species: | B. saussurei
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The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
Subspecies
edit- 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 Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.