Catopsilia florella ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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 : 11-12

11. Catopsilia florella ( Fabricius, 1775)

WL: 33mm. The species is a ubiquitous migrant, very common throughout Guinea-Bissau and distributed along sub-Saharan Africa, migrating to Northern Africa, Cape Verde and the Canaries, where it is well established; occasionally it reaches the archipelagoes of Madeira and Azores. The caterpillars are polyphagous, occurring on Fabaceae and Malvaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu : Cacheu, 27.10.2009, 1♀ (FR). Caió, common (JB); Banhinda ( PNTC) , 27.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29469). Gabú: Balanca, 0 1.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29469); Kobolo, 0 2.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29470); Ché Ché, 02- 03.07.2009, 1♂ 1♀ (BS 29464/29465); Beli, 1♂ (JG 42) (CZ 5896) . Quinara: Buba Tombo ( PNLC), 15- 17.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 29469, 29471); Nhala ( PNLC) , 16.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29467). Tombali: Mato de Cambeque ( PNFC), 10.07.2009, 1♀ (BS 29466).

Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Oio, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Bacelar (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2007).

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