Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Author
Bivar-De-Sousa, António
Author
Vasconcelos, Sasha
Author
Mendes, Luís F.
Author
Larsen, Torben B.
Author
Baker, Jon
Author
Guilherme, João L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4201
1
1
77
journal article
37701
10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
e3cf293e-ebda-4903-aa6a-680425eb6fed
1175-5326
192215
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145.
Hypolimnas misippus
(
Linnaeus, 1764
)
WL:
36mm
. This is a highly ubiquitous butterfly that commonly inhabits agricultural areas, despite originally being a savanna element. It is known throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Arabia, most of the
Oriental
Region
,
Australia
,
Canaries
, Caribbean and
Brazil
(
Rio
Grande do
Norte
state), occasionally migrating to
eastern Mediterranean
countries (
Egypt
,
Lebanon
and more rarely
Turkey
). The species is sexually dimorphic and females mimic the Danaid
Danaus chrysippus
. The caterpillars are quite polyphagous and feed
on
Amaranthaceae
,
Arecaceae
,
Convolvulaceae
,
Malvaceae
,
Moraceae
and
Portulacaceae
.
Studied material.
Cacheu
:
Caió, several specimens (JB)
.
Gabú
:
Canjadude
, 0 6.07.2009,
1♂
(BS 29175).
Studied material.
Biombo
,
Bissau
,
Bolama
,
Quinara
,
Tombali
.
Authors:
Aurivillius (1910)
,
Bacelar (1949)
, Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa
et al.
(2008b).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:
C;
CS:
LC.