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Belenois (Anaphaeis) aurota subsp. aurota Fabricius 1793

Description

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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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.