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Belenois (Anaphaeis) aurota subsp. aurota Fabricius 1793

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23. Belenois (Anaphaeis) aurota aurota (Fabricius, 1793)

WL: 27mm. The species ranges throughout Africa, Madagascar and the Oriental Region. Despite occurring primarily in savanna, it can also be found in disturbed forest. The caterpillars feed on Capparaceae (Maerua, Capparis and Boscia).

Studied material. Bafatá: Bambadinca, woodland, 11.03.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ0000109599); Bangacia, no date, 1 specimen (FR); Dulombi, cashew, 28.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010957). Cacheu: Caió, from mid- November, not before (JB). Gabú: Cansamanje, woodland, 22.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010958); Sintchã- Dembel, cashew, 0 7.03.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010960);

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Bissau, Oio. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de- Sousa et al. (2007).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: C; CS: LC.

Notes

Published as part of Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4201 (1) on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215

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Biodiversity

Event date
2013-02-22 , 2013-02-28 , 2013-11-03
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Belenois
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Species
aurota
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Verbatim event date
2013-02-22 , 2013-02-28 , 2013-11-03
Taxonomic concept label
Belenois (Anaphaeis) aurota subsp. aurota Fabricius, 1793 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016

References

  • Fabricius, J. C. (1793) Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. 3 (1). Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae (Copenhagen), [vi] + 488 pp.
  • Aurivillius, C. (1910) Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in dem Jahren 1897 - 1902. Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale da Genova, 44, 502 - 506.