Precis octavia octavia ( Cramer, 1777 )

Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), Zootaxa 4201 (1), pp. 1-77 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068199
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFC8-FFC6-FF0E-F913FC6EF854
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Precis octavia octavia ( Cramer, 1777 )
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*142. Precis octavia octavia ( Cramer, 1777) View in CoL

WL: 28mm.The species is typical of Guinea savanna and displays extreme seasonal dimorphism, the dry season form being mostly blue and the wet season form mostly red. The nominate subspecies ranges from Senegal to Nigeria, to central and northern DRC, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan, and is now reported from Guinea-Bissau; P. o. sesamus flies in East and Southern Africa. The caterpillars feed on Fabaceae (Eriosema) and on several Lamiaceae ( Coleus , Iboza, Moschoma, Plantostema , Plectranthus , Pycnostachys , Rabdosia and Solenostemon ( Ackery et al. 1995) .

Studied material. Gabú: Lugajole , 1♂ (JG 11) (CZ 5898) . Quinara: Bacar Condé ( PNLC), 17.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29133).

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