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
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Westwood, 1851
Westwood
1851
[193,560,836,861]
Insecta
Lycaenidae
Iolaus
Animalia
Lepidoptera
21
22
Arthropoda
species
calisto
WL: 19mm. The species occurs in all typesof forest from Senegalto Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabonand CAR. During flight it resembles a small Pierid. The caterpillars feed on Loranthussp. or on species of other close genera ( Loranthaceae).
Studied material. Cacheu:Caió, several specimens in 2009 (JB) Previous references. Regions:Without a precise location. Authors: Stempffer & Bennett (1958). We believe that all the known references are based on the Stempffer & Bennett ( op. cit.) citation: D’Abrera (1980), Ackery et al.(1995), Larsen (2005) and Mendes et al.(2008).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:R; CS:I.
1423879920
CAR
Senegal
Senegal
21
22
1
holotype