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Zeritis neriene Boisduval 1836
Description
53. Zeritis neriene (Boisduval, 1836)
WL: 14mm. The species is known from the semi-arid biotopes of the Sudan savanna and Sahel, though it may extend southwards during drier periods. It is known to occur in small, localized colonies and occurs from Senegal to Cameroon, CAR, Uganda, southern Sudan and western Kenya. The host-plants remain unknown.
Studied material. Bafatá: Afia, tabanca, 11.04.2013, 2♂ (SV) (CZ000011049, 000011050). Cacheu: Caió (JB), several specimens. Gabú: Beli, 0 3.07.2009, 1♀ (BS 28866).
Previous references. Regions: Quinara. Authors: Mendes et al. (2008).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: NF; 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 page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2013-11-04
- Verbatim event date
- 2013-11-04
- Scientific name authorship
- Boisduval
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Zeritis
- Species
- neriene
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Zeritis neriene Boisduval, 1836 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016
References
- Boisduval, J. B. A. (1836) Suites a Buffon. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species general des Lepidopteres. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, [iv] + xii + 690 + 6 pp., 24 pls.