Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890

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 : 17-18

37. Spalgis lemolea pilos Druce, 1890

WL: 15mm. S. lemolea is a forest species known from primary and secondary forests. It can also occur in towns on trees infested with scale insects (coccids and pseudococcids), on which its caterpillars prey. The present subspecies ranges from Senegal to Cameroon, and the nominate subspecies from there onward to Ethiopia and Mozambique.

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió , 2 specimens (JB) . Bissau: In the capital, several specimens were observed in July 2009 flying around a mango tree strongly infested with scale-insects (BS).

Previous references. Regions: Bissau. Authors: D’Abrera (1980), Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2008). Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; CS: LC.