*147. Salamis cacta cacta (Fabricius, 1793)

WL: 37mm. S. cacta is a forest species, now assigned for the first time to Guinea-Bissau, from where the genus Salamis has also never been reported. The present subspecies ranges from Senegal to Angola, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, western Kenya and Ethiopia . Another subspecies, S. c. amaniensis, flies in East Africa, from coastal Kenya and Tanzania to Mozambique, Malawi and eastern Zimbabwe. The caterpillars feed on Urera (Urticaceae).

Studied material. Tombali: Mato de Lautchande (PNFC), 12.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29083).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.