Junonia oenone oenone ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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), Zootaxa 4201 (1), pp. 1-77 : 40

149. Junonia oenone oenone ( Linnaeus, 1758)

WL: 26mm. This is a ubiquitous butterfly found primarily in savanna, but also occurring in degraded forest areas and clearings. It is known throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia. Host-plants consist of several species of Acanthaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Banhinda ( PNTC), 25.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29131); Caió, several specimens (JB) . Gabú: Biricunda, 0 3.03.2013, 1♀ SV (CZ000011017) . Tombali: Mato de Caiquene ( PNFC), 11.07.2009, 1♂ 1♀ (BS 29087, 29230).

Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Biombo, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabú, Oio, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Aurivillius (1910) and Bacelar (1948) —both as Precis clelia –, Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008b).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: C; CS: LC.