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
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1
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journal article
37701
10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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1175-5326
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200.
Acraea (Acraea) epaea epaea
(
Cramer, 1779
)
WL:
33mm
.
A
. epaea
is a forest butterfly known to colonize degraded forests and dense
Guinea
savanna
.
It was described from
Sierra Leone
and the nominate subspecies ranges from
Senegal
to
Angola
and
northern
Zambia
.
Three other subspecies are currently recognized:
A
. e. insulana
from
Bioko
Island
(
Equatorial Guinea
)
,
A
. e. melina
from
southwestern
Tanzania
and
Malawi
, and
A
. e. homochroa
from
Ethiopia
(
Pierre & Bernaud, 2013
,
2014
). The caterpillars feed on
Lindaeckeria
and
Adenia
(Passifloraceae)
.
Studied material.
Cacheu
:
Caió, not frequent (JB).
Previous references. Regions:
Bolama
,
Oio
,
Quinara
,
Tombali
.
Authors:
Aurivillius (1910)
,
Bacelar (1949)
, Larsen (2005), Consciência
et al.
(2008).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:
F;
CS:
LC.