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Appias sylvia subsp. sylvia Fabricius 1775

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29. Appias sylvia sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)

WL: 27mm. The species occurs in all types of forest and is occasionally quite common. It ranges from Senegal to Cameroon and northern DRC. Caterpillars feed on Drypetes and Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae) and on Ritchiea (Capparaceae).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió (JB) 1♀. Quinara: Buba Tombo (PNLC), 17.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29337). Tombali: Mato de Lautchande (PNFC), 0 9.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 29276, 29338).

Previous references. Regions: Quinara. Authors: Mendes & Bivar-de-Sousa (2006), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2007).

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

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
DRC , PNFC , PNLC
Event date
2009-07-17
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Appias
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Species
sylvia
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2009-07-17
Taxonomic concept label
Appias sylvia subsp. sylvia Fabricius, 1775 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016

References

  • Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema Entomologiae. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi (Flensburg - Germany) & Lipsiae (Leipzig - Germany), [xxxii] + 832 pp.
  • Mendes, L. F. & Bivar-de-Sousa, A. (2006) Notes and descriptions of Afrotropical Appias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 39, 151 - 160.
  • Mendes, L. F., Bivar-de-Sousa, A. & Consciencia, S. (2007) Novos dados sobre os lepidopteros diurnos (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea e Papilionoidea) da Guine-Bissau. I - Introducao e Hesperiidae. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 41, 209 - 221.