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 3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B 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.