17. Pinacopteryx eriphia tritogenia (Klug, 1829)

WL: 23mm. The species occurs in Sudan savanna and the Sahel, and was previously recorded from Guinea- Bissau without a precise location. The present subspecies ranges from Mauritania to northern Nigeria, Chad, northern Ethiopia, Sudan and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Caterpillars feed on several Capparaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, common, November (JB)

Previous references. Regions: Without a precise location. Authors: Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2007).

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