Neptis serena subsp. serena Overlaet 1955
Description
164. Neptis serena serena Overlaet, 1955
WL: 25mm. N. s. serena is known to occur in riverine forest, degraded forest areas and dense savanna woodland. Males are often found close to water. The species is distributed from Senegal to Ethiopia, throughout Central Africa and in Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. The caterpillars feed on Cycina sp. (Euphorbiaceae).
Studied material. Bafatá: Bambadinca, cashew and woodland, 10- 11.03.2013, 2♂ (SV) (CZ000011005/ 000011006).
Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Gabú, Oio, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1949) —as Neptis agatha; Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987)—as Neptis latvitta; Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; CS: LC.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/192215 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/593BFF8BFFEDFFE3FF99FF86FFE5FFA6 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2013-11-03
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Neptis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Overlaet
- Species
- serena
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Verbatim event date
- 2013-11-03
- Taxonomic concept label
- Neptis serena subsp. serena Overlaet, 1955 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016
References
- Overlaet, F. G. (1955) Especes Africaines du genre Neptis Fabricius. Memoires de la Societe Royale Entomologique Belgique, 27, 380 - 382.
- Bacelar, A. (1949) Macrolepidoptera (Rhopalocera) da Guine Portuguesa. Anais da Junta de Investigacoes Coloniais (Entomologia), 4, 72 - 104.