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Azanus moriqua Wallengren 1857
Description
*97. Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)
WL: 12mm. A. moriqua is a savanna species that may also occur in degraded forests. It is found in the drier areas of Africa, ranging from Senegal to Nigeria in West Africa, although it had not yet been reported from Guinea- Bissau. The caterpillars feed on Acacia and Entada (Fabaceae).
Studied material. Gabú: Duma, woodland, 0 8.04.2013, 1♂ 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011071/000011072); ibid, 0 9.04.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000011070); Dembel Uri, woodland. 29.04.2013, 2♂ (SV) (CZ 0 0 0 0 11067, 000011069); Sintchã-Manga, woodland, 0 5.04.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ 000011068).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; 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 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2013-04-29
- Verbatim event date
- 2013-04-29
- Scientific name authorship
- Wallengren
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Azanus
- Species
- moriqua
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016
References
- Wallengren, H. D. J. (1857) Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum a J. A. Wahlberg. Oversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps- Akadeniens Forhandlingar, Stockholm annis 1838 - 1845, New Series, Collecta 2, 1 - 55.