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
3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B
186.
Acraea (Actinote) lycoa lycoa
Godart, 1819
WL:
27mm
.
A
. lycoa
is a forest butterfly that may use degraded areas. The nominate subspecies is known to occur in
Guinea-Bissau
and from
Sierra Leone
to
Nigeria
. Although several subspecies were described along tropical Africa,
Pierre & Bernaud (2013
,
2014
) recently showed that these refer to a cline and not independent subspecies, as was previously suggested by Larsen (2005). The host-plants are
Aneleima
(
Commelinaceae
),
Fleurea
and
Pouzolzia
(Urticaceae)
and cocoa (
Theobroma cacao
,
Malvaceae
).
Previous references. Regions:
Bafatá
,
Oio
.
Authors:
Bacelar (1949)
, Consciência
et al.
(2008).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:
R;
CS:
I.