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
170.
Neptis melicerta
(
Drury, 1773
)
WL:
22mm
.
N. melicerta
is known to fly in all forest
types
, ranging from
Guinea-Bissau
to
Nigeria
and through equatorial
Africa
to
western
Uganda
. The
known host-plants are species of
Fabaceae
and
Sapindaceae
.
Studied material.
Tombali
:
Mato de Lautchande
(
PNFC
),
12.07.2009
,
1♂
(BS 29142).
Previous references. Regions:
Bafatá
,
Biombo
,
Bolama
,
Gabú
,
Quinara
,
Tombali
.
Authors:
Bacelar (1949)
,
Villiers (1949)
, Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa
et al.
(2008b).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:
F;
CS:
LC.