Coeliades forestan forestan (Stoll, 1782)

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 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068329
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scientific name	Coeliades forestan forestan (Stoll, 1782)
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203. Coeliades forestan forestan (Stoll, 1782) View in CoL

WL: 25mm. C. f. forestan is found throughout tropical Africa from forest to pre-desert zones. A second subspecies, C. f. arbogastes, is restricted to the Madagascan Region. The caterpillars are highly polyphagous, feeding mainly on Fabaceae , but also on Asclepiadaceae , Combretaceae , Malvaceae , Malpighiaceae , Geraniaceae and Rhizophoracae.

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, not frequent (JB) . Quinara: Cantanha ( PNLC), 15.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29527).

Previous references. Regions: Bolama, Oio, Quinara, Tombali, Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Mendes et al. (2007).

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