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Colotis evagore subsp. antigone Boisduval 1836

Description

*22. Colotis evagore antigone (Boisduval, 1836)

WL: 16mm. A new record for Guinea-Bissau, this subspecies occurs in savanna along most of Continental Africa south of the Sahara, with the nominate subspecies restricted to Yemen. The caterpillars feed on several species of Capparaceae.

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, two specimens only (JB).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: VU.

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

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  • Boisduval, J. B. A. (1836) Suites a Buffon. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species general des Lepidopteres. Vol. 1. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, [iv] + xii + 690 + 6 pp., 24 pls.