Anthene lunulata grosei ( Aurivillius, 1899 )

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 : 25

75. Anthene lunulata grosei ( Aurivillius, 1899)

WL: 15mm. The species is known from the Guinean savanna and the present subspecies occurs from Senegal to Nigeria. The nominate A. l. lunulata occurs in most of sub-Saharan Africa, apparently limited by the Zambezi river basin (Larsen, 2005). The host-plants are Fabaceae and Combretaceae . A. lunulata was previously reported from the country as monotypic (Mendes et al. 2008).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, not frequent (JB) . Gabú: Beli , 03- 05.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 28933, 29225) . Quinara: Buba Tombo ( PNLC), 16.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 28934).

Previous references. Regions: Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Mendes et al. (2008), Libert (2010).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: NF; CS: LC.