Ypthima asterope asterope (Klug, 1832)

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 : 35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068155

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFCF-FFC1-FF0E-FF58FC6EFDB1

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Plazi

scientific name

Ypthima asterope asterope (Klug, 1832)
status

 

123. Ypthima asterope asterope (Klug, 1832) View in CoL

WL: 14mm. Y. asterope is typical of savanna and flies from Senegal to Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Djibouti. The species is also present in the eastern Mediterranean and from the Middle East to India. The hostplants consist of several species of Poaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, locally common (JB) . Gabú: Taibata , woodland, 24.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010987); Fasadji, woodland , 19.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010988); Cansamanje, woodland, 21.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010989).

Previous references. Regions: Bissau, Tombali. Authors: Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008a).

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

Genus

Ypthima

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