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
211.
Spialia spio
(
Linnaeus, 1764
)
WL:
13mm
.
S. spio
is one of the smallest skippers and is reported to occur in all
types
of savanna and in agricultural lands throughout tropical Africa and southern Arabia. Known host-plants are several species of
Malvaceae
,
Sterculiaceae
and
Tiliaceae
.
Studied
material.
Quinara
:
Cantanha
(
PNLC
),
17.07.2006
,
1♂
(BS 25733).
Previous references. Regions:
Bolama
,
Oio
.
Authors:
Aurivillius (1909), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de- Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005),
Mendes
et al.
(2007)
.
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:
NF;
CS:
LC.