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
10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
e3cf293e-ebda-4903-aa6a-680425eb6fed
1175-5326
192215
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7.
Graphium angolanus baronis
(
Ungemach, 1932
)
WL:
40mm
. This is a typical savanna species and is quite common in
Guinea-Bissau
.
The present subspecies flies from
Mauritania
to
Cameroon
,
Sudan
,
Ethiopia
and
Kenya
. The caterpillars feed mainly
on
Annonaceae
:
Annona senegalensis
,
A
. squamosa
,
Hexalobus monopetalus
, although they are also known
on
Apocynaceae
:
Landolphia
spp. and
on
Malpighiaceae
:
Sphedamnocarpus pruriens
.
Studied material.
Cacheu
:
Caió, common (JB)
.
Gabú
:
Canjadude, 02-
06.07.2009
,
2♀
(BS 29612, 29618); Kobolo, 02
-
06.07.2009
,
2♂
(BS 29819, 29536); Ché Ché, 02-
04.07.2009
,
4♂
(BS 29671, 29832, 29535, 29611); Ché Ché, margin of the
Corubal river
, several specimens (JG).
Previous references. Regions:
Bafatá
,
Biombo
,
Bissau
,
Oio
,
Quinara
,
Tombali
.
Authors:
Bacelar (1949)
,
Villiers (1949)
, Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999),
Smith & Vane-Wright (2001)
, Larsen (2005),
Bivar-de-Sousa
et al.
(2007)
.
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:
VC;
CS:
LC.