Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)

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 : 30-31

*103. Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877)

WL: 12mm. Z. antanossa is typical of the Guinea savanna, distributed along all the favourable biotopes of Africa and in southwestern Arabia . The species is a faunistic novelty for Guinea-Bissau, although Larsen (2005) already suspected its occurrence in the country. Known host-plants are Desmodium incanum and species of Indigofera (Fabaceae) .

Studied material. Gabú: Sintchã-Manga , woodland, 0 5.04.2013, 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011054). Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: LC.