Azanus jesous Guérin-Méneville, 1849

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.6068098
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFF1-FFFF-FF0E-FBB1FC6EFA8E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Azanus jesous Guérin-Méneville, 1849
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*96. Azanus jesous Guérin-Méneville, 1849 View in CoL

WL: 12m. Widely distributed along the African savannas, A. jesous also occurs in the drier areas of the Eastern Mediterranean, Morocco, Arabian Peninsula and part of the Oriental Region, namely India and Sri Lanka ; it is now assigned to Guinea-Bissau, although Larsen (2005) already suspected its presence in the country. The caterpillars feed on several species of Fabaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió (JB).

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