Azanus moriqua ( Wallengren, 1857 )

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 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068100

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFF1-FFFF-FF0E-FAD1FC93F9CA

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Plazi

scientific name

Azanus moriqua ( Wallengren, 1857 )
status

 

*97. Azanus moriqua ( Wallengren, 1857) View in CoL

WL: 12mm. A. moriqua is a savanna species that may also occur in degraded forests. It is found in the drier areas of Africa, ranging from Senegal to Nigeria in West Africa, although it had not yet been reported from Guinea- Bissau. The caterpillars feed on Acacia and Entada (Fabaceae) .

Studied material. Gabú: Duma, woodland, 0 8.04.2013, 1♂ 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011071/000011072); ibid, 0 9.04.2013 , 1♂ (SV) (CZ000011070); Dembel Uri, woodland. 29.04.2013 , 2♂ (SV) (CZ 0 0 0 0 11067, 000011069); Sintchã-Manga, woodland, 0 5.04.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ 000011068).

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lycaenidae

Genus

Azanus

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