Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Bivar-De-Sousa, António
Vasconcelos, Sasha
Mendes, Luís F.
Larsen, Torben B.
Baker, Jon
Guilherme, João L.
Zootaxa
2016
4201
1
1
77
5M9TR
Cramer, 1779
Cramer
1779
[193,648,582,607]
Insecta
Pieridae
Appias
Animalia
Lepidoptera
15
16
Arthropoda
subSpecies
epaphia
epaphia
WL: 25mm. Common throughout most of tropical Africa, this species occurs in dry areas and degraded biotopes. In Guinea-Bissauit is uncommon, but can be seasonally and locally abundant. The nominate subspecies flies from Senegalto Nigeriaand onward to Angola, Ugandaand western Kenya. The host-plants consist of several Capparaceae( Capparis, Maerua, Boscia, Niebuhriaand Ritchiea) and Cleomesp. ( Cleomaceae). The latter is a garden-plant cultivated in several African towns around which the species may be common.
Studied material. Cacheu:Caió, common at the beginning of November (JB). Previous references. Regions: Quinara. Authors:Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999), Larsen (2005), Mendes & Bivar-de-Sousa (2006), Bivar-de-Sousa et al.(2007).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:NF; CS:LC.