Pentila pauli abri Collins & Larsen, 2005

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 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6067989
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scientific name	Pentila pauli abri Collins & Larsen, 2005
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38. Pentila pauli abri Collins & Larsen, 2005

WL: 20mm. The species has only been reported once from Guinea-Bissau, in the Coli forest-savanna mosaic near the Corubal River. This subspecies is known to occur from Senegal to Sierra Leone. Around a dozen other subspecies are described from tropical Africa. The caterpillars appear to be associated with Crematogaster ants and feed on blue-green algae (Cyanophyta) on tree trunks.

Previous references. Regions: Tombali. Authors: Mendes et al. (2008).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: VU.