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Cupidopsis cissus subsp. cissus

Description

90. Cupidopsis cissus cissus (Godart, [1824])

WL: 16mm. The species occurs in Guinea savanna, and sometimes in degraded forests, but is absent from the Sudan savanna; it is also found near bogs and swampy areas. Known host-plants are species of Eriosema and Rhynchosia (Fabaceae).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, locally common (JB). Gabú: Beli, 1♀ (JG 15) (CZ 5896).

Previous references. Regions: Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Mendes et al. (2008).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: NF; CS: I.

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 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Cupidopsis
Species
cissus
Taxon rank
subSpecies