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Ypthima asterope subsp. asterope Klug 1832
Description
123. Ypthima asterope asterope (Klug, 1832)
WL: 14mm. Y. asterope is typical of savanna and flies from Senegal to Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Djibouti. The species is also present in the eastern Mediterranean and from the Middle East to India. The hostplants consist of several species of Poaceae.
Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, locally common (JB). Gabú: Taibata, woodland, 24.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010987); Fasadji, woodland, 19.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010988); Cansamanje, woodland, 21.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010989).
Previous references. Regions: Bissau, Tombali. Authors: Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008a).
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 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2013-02-24
- Verbatim event date
- 2013-02-24
- Scientific name authorship
- Klug
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Ypthima
- Species
- asterope
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ypthima asterope subsp. asterope Klug, 1832 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016