Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884), Plotz, 1884

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
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068327
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scientific name	Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
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202. Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884) View in CoL

WL: 27mm. This species appears to be restricted to the Guinea savanna, ranging from Senegal to Burkina Faso. The caterpillars feed on Malpighiaceae .

Studied material. Gabú: Canjadude to Ché Ché , 2 July, 2♂ 1♀ (BS 29510/29511) . Tombali: Observed in Coli , July 2006 (BS).

Previous references. Regions: Gabú, Oio, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de- Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2007).

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