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Euphaedra harpalyce subsp. harpalyce Cramer 1777
Description
184. Euphaedra harpalyce harpalyce (Cramer, 1777)
WL: 41mm. This is probably the most common Euphaedra species in Guinea-Bissau. It is a forest butterfly ranging from Guinea-Bissau to southern Nigeria and western Cameroon. Seven other subspecies are reported along the African forests. Known host-plants are Sapindaceae of the genera Allophylus, Blighia, Lecaniodiscus, Paullinia and Phialodiscus.
Studied material. Tombali: Mato de Cambeque (PNFC), 10.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29968); Mato de Lautchande (PNFC), 12.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 29020, 29082).
Previous references. Regions: Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Hecq (1997), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008b).
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 pages 47-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- PNFC
- Scientific name authorship
- Cramer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Euphaedra
- Species
- harpalyce
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Euphaedra harpalyce subsp. harpalyce Cramer, 1777 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016
References
- Cramer, P. (1777) De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa, en America. Vol 2. S. J. Baalde, Amsteldam & W. Barthelemy, Utrecht, 151 pp.
- Hecq, J. (1997) Euphaedra, Ed. Lambillionea, Tervuren, 122 pp., 48 pls.