*244. Gegenes hottentota Latreille, 1824

WL: 14mm. G. hottentota occurs primarily in dry forest, although it may also fly in herbaceous exposed areas and in forest clearings. This species was not previously known from Guinea-Bissau although it is distributed throughout Africa and in southwestern Arabia. The caterpillars feed on several Poaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, not frequent (JB).

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

List of species with a high probability of occurring in Guinea-Bissau, but which have not yet been observed in the country (species whose known range extends from Gambia or Senegal to other West African countries)

Family Lycaenidae Subfamily Miletinae

Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen, 1872)

Lachnocnema vuattouxi Libert, 1996

Subfamily Theclinae

Iolaus (Iolaphilus) iulus (Hewitson, 1869)

Stugeta marmoreus marmoreus (Butler, 1866)

Subfamily Polyommatinae

Triclema nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

Family Nymphalidae

Subfamily Charaxinae

Euxanthe eurinome eurinome (Cramer, 1775)

Palla decius (Cramer, 1777)

Subfamily Limenitidinae

Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)

Neptis alta Overlaet, 1955

Subfamily Heliconiinae

Acraea (Acraea) vesperalis Grose-Smith, 1890

Family Hesperiidae

Subfamily Pyrginae

Eagris denuba denuba (Plötz, 1879)

Eretis lugens (Rogenhofer, 1891)

Triskelionia tricerata (Mabille, 1891)

Subfamily Hesperiinae

Andronymus neander neander (Plötz, 1884)

Artitropa comus (Stoll, 1782)

Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)

Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)

Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)

Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)

Celaenorrhinus galenus (Fabricius, 1793)

Gegenes pumilio gambica (Mabille, 1878)

Hypoleucis ophiusa ophiusa (Hewitson, 1866)

Leona halma (Evans, 1937)

Monza alberti (Holland, 1896)

Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937

Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)

Platylesches morigambia (Larsen, 2013)

Semalea arela (Mabille, 1891)

Species reported from the forests of Guinea may also occur in Guinea-Bissau’s southern Tombali region (Cantanhez and Cacine forests) and on the border between the southeastern Boé sector and Guinea . Those known from dry savanna in Mauritania, Mali and southern Senegal (Basse Casamance), may also extend to the drier areas of northern Guinea-Bissau .