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Euchrysops malathana Boisduval 1833
Description
91. Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)
WL: 14mm. E. malathana occurs in every type of savanna and ranges along continental Africa, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands, as well as in southwestern Arabia. The polyphagous caterpillars feed on several Fabaceae and Myrtaceae.
Previous references. Regions: Bissau. Authors: Larsen (2005), 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 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Boisduval
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Euchrysops
- Species
- malathana
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Euchrysops malathana Boisduval, 1833 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016
References
- Boisduval, J. B. A. (1833) Memoire sur les Lepidopteres de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 2, 149 - 270.