210. Abantis elegantula elegantula (Mabille, 1890)

WL: 20mm. This species appears to be more associated with forest than with savanna. The nominate subspecies reportedly occurs in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. Subspecies A. e. decidua, whose validity is discussed by Mendes (2005), flies from Cameroon to PRC, CAR, DRC, south Sudan, western Kenya and Zambia. The caterpillars reportedly feed on Pterocarpus spp. ( Fabaceae).

Previous references. Regions: Oio. Authors: Mendes et al. (2007).

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