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
59.
Iolaus calisto
(Westwood, 1851)
WL:
19mm
. The species occurs in all
types
of forest from
Senegal
to
Nigeria
,
Cameroon
,
Gabon
and
CAR
. During flight it resembles a small Pierid. The caterpillars feed
on
Loranthus
sp. or on species of other close genera (
Loranthaceae
).
Studied material.
Cacheu
:
Caió, several specimens in 2009 (JB)
Previous references. Regions:
Without a precise location.
Authors:
Stempffer & Bennett (1958)
. We believe that all the known references are based on the Stempffer & Bennett (
op. cit.
) citation: D’Abrera (1980),
Ackery
et al.
(1995)
, Larsen (2005) and Mendes
et al.
(2008).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:
R;
CS:
I.